{"id":25866,"date":"2026-01-15T21:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/25866\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:24:07","slug":"john-dumelo-pays-transport-fares-for-stranded-lapaz-bound-commuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/25866\/","title":{"rendered":"John Dumelo pays transport fares for stranded Lapaz-bound commuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/John-Dumelo-pays-transport-fares-for-stranded-Lapaz-bound-commuters-2017367?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/62737864.295.jpg\" alt=\"John Dumelo is the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency\" title=\"John Dumelo is the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency\" width=\"295\" height=\"212\" \/> <\/a>John Dumelo is the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2230\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Dumelo<\/a>, on Tuesday, January 14, 2026, organised and personally paid transport fares for commuters travelling towards Lapaz, in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral video shared on X, Dumelo is heard explaining that the intervention covered commuters from Okponglo to Lapaz, as well as from Shiashie to Madina, following transportation difficulties that left many stranded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI organised and paid for all commuters this evening headed to Lapaz from Okponglo and also Shiashie to Madina,\u201d Dumelo stated.<\/p>\n<p>He described the initiative as a temporary relief measure and assured residents that he is working on a more sustainable solution to address transportation challenges within the constituency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/Drivers-are-creating-artificial-scarcity-to-drive-up-profits-Kwakye-Ofosu-2017266\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Drivers are creating artificial scarcity to drive up profits&#8217; \u2013 Kwakye Ofosu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a short-term measure, and I am working on a longer solution,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Dumelo also commended Metro Mass Transit for making buses available to support the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks so much Metro Mass!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture was met with appreciation from commuters; many of whom expressed relief after being stranded and exhausted due to the transport shortages.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid recent transportation difficulties in Accra during peak morning and evening hours, which have forced commuters to pay high, unapproved fares.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">I organized and paid for all commuters this evening headed to Lapaz from Okponglo and also Shiahie to Madina. This is a short term measure and I am working on a longer solution. Thanks so much Metro Mass!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/idey4u?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#idey4u<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oIHLAZNOGO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oIHLAZNOGO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Farmer John,MP (@johndumelo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johndumelo\/status\/2011509095522542021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 14, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>MRA\/AE<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch as Ghanaians respond to Ofori-Atta&#8217;s detention<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Dumelo is the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency The Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[79],"class_list":{"0":"post-25866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ghana","8":"tag-ghana"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}