Sierra Leone Chief Minister David Moinina Sengeh has revealed that since the start of commercial operation of the ‘Waka Fine’ buses on February 2nd, over one million tickets have been purchased by citizens.

He said, on average, the buses experienced safe journeys of twenty-one thousand (21,000) rides every month since it started operation.

He also stated that though there are challenges with other components, their role as a government is to transform mass transit and promise that will deliver to the people of Sierra Leone.

“Over 1 million Waka Fine bus tickets have been purchased by citizens since 2nd of Feb to date. On average, 21,000 riders experience a safe journey every month. Although there are challenges with other components, our goal as a govt is to transform mass transit and #WeWillDeliver”.

A total of fifty (50) ‘Waka Fine) buses were provided to the government of Sierra Leone through a Fifty (50) million-dollar grant from the government of the Peoples Republic of China to help ease transportation constraints in the capital of Freetown