A meeting with the government won’t stop us from increasing transport fares – GPRTU
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union has expressed its readiness to meet the government to find an amicable solution to the increment in transport fares.
It blamed the current situation of increased fuel prices on the government’s inability to scrap some taxes on petroleum products.
General Secretary of GPRTU, Godfred Abulbire, added that despite the negotiations they will go into with the government GPRTU won’t back down from its plans to increase fares.
“Even if at all he [the Transport Minister] invites us, we will go. And when we are going, we will pick up the increment build up on the fuel and other components and go there and see if we are going to talk about a 50 per cent, 30 per cent or even 40 per cent [increment].”
“And therefore, when we get there, we will have to justify why we are going by the 20 per cent,” he added.
It is interesting to note that some commercial drivers at some bus stations have already commenced charging 20% more on transport ahead of the expected increment in transport fares by the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) on Friday.
Some commuters are bracing themselves for a 30 per cent increase in fares on May 13 by GPRTU.
Transport fares were increased by 15 per cent in February 2022, when fuel prices averaged GH¢6.4 per litre.
