The
Gambia Transport Services Corporation (GTSC) has transformed itself from a
moribund institution to a vibrant and results-oriented transport service entity.
It
has also gone a notch higher from being a domestic service concern to an
international transport service provider with confortable buses plying the
Banjul-Conakry and Banjul-Bissau routes.
The
buses, as stated by GTSC officials and confirmed by people who have used the
services, are of high quality, as they
are confortable, fast, hassle-free and also maintain uninterrupted and a
non-stop trip to their destinations.
It
is very essential that we have such means of transportation in our sub-region.
As rightly stated by the GTSC marketing manager, travelling by road across the sub-region, such as routes between Banjul and other cities like Conakry and Bissau, is a serious nightmare, as passengers or travellers would have to be taken on board several connecting vehicles,
going through so many troubles in their journey to their destinations.
Services
like GTSC’s are also out to connect nations and bridging regional economic
integration. This goes a long way to connecting nations and people and boosting
national economies of member countries, as it facilitates and promote trade
between and among nations.
The
West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) has always highlighted the disappointing
slow progress of trade among nations of West Africa, putting the trade
percentage rate as low as 10% among countries in the region.
West
African countries and, by extension, African countries are having more trade
relations with European and Western nations than they are having among
themselves.
Changing
or improving this trend is a must if West Africa, and generally African
citizens and their economies should begin to enjoy booming trade and
sustainable economic growth and national development.
GTSC,
therefore, needs full support from state authorities, as well as people of the
neighbouring West African countries.
Keep
up the progressive trend GTSC as you are on the track to connecting nations and
fostering regional economic integration.
“Efficient
transport service is a vehicle to economic growth”
The
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