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The Chief Executive Officer of the State Transport Corporation (STC), Nana Akomea, has lauded the government over its intention to open land borders after a long period of closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has hinted that President Akufo-Addo is set to ease restrictions at the country’s land borders.

The Minister made this revelation after a cabinet meeting with the President where some measures to resolve the economic woes confronting Ghanaians were rolled out.

“Yesterday and today @NAkufoAddo has been engaged in meetings in preparation to announce the easing of restrictions at our borders and tackling escalating fuel prices,” he said in a tweet.

"It's true. Over the last weekend, the Executive branch of government led by the President and his Ministers had a cabinet retreat. It's a regular retreat, one done every quarter but this retreat had the opportunity to look at some of the emerging economic difficulties globally and how they are affecting Ghana. And the President has made a number of decisions.

''He has made a decision on the borders, when to open the borders, the residual preventive systems to put in place at the border to ensure that while the borders are opened, we still don't have infections crossing over from our borders into the Ghanaian jurisdiction and again while the borders are opened, we are able to protect our population from the risks of insecurity from the northern frontiers'', he expounded in an official video.

Reacting to the news during Peace FM's morning show ''Kokrokoo'', Nana Akomea asserted the land border opening will relieve the STC and other local businesses of the burdens they've borne as a result of the decision to close the borders due to the ravages of the Coronavirus disease.

He disclosed that the STC has adversely been impacted by the land border closure stating, "my company has lost over 60 million cedis due to the border closure. Every month, we lose 2.4/5 million cedis because we have terminals in Abidjan, Ouagadougou, Lome and Cotonou. All those business have been ruined. That business was reaping in for us between GHC 2.4 and GHC 2.5 (million) monthly and this is just one company''.

Expressing his gladness over the government's decision, he emphasized ''it will help a lot''.