The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has debunked claims that transportation fares will go up by Monday, October 25, 2021.
According to the leadership of the union, it is still in talks with the government to scrap off some taxes and levies placed on petroleum products.
Speaking to Citi News, General Secretary for GPRTU, Godfred Abulbira Adogma, said the union will increase transport fares if the government fails to heed their call.
‘We haven’t said that lorry fares will be increased on Monday. We have tabled some issues to the sector minister for discussion but it is when the discussion fails then, we would have to adjust our fares to the new fuel prices.”
“We have taken a different approach to engage the government through the sector minister to remove some of the taxes and levies on fuel prices.”
Effective Sunday, October 17, a litre of fuel cost GH¢6.80 at some pumps.
As a result, the National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Sammy Gyamfi has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to immediately reduce fuel prices in the country.
He said the government can do this by scrapping some of the taxes slapped on petroleum products.
“We wish to call on the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/NPP government, to scrap some of the unnecessary taxes they have heaped on the price buildup of petroleum products so as to drastically reduce same,” he said.
He made the demand during a press conference held at the NDC Headquarters on Monday, 18th October 2021.
Mr. Gyamfi said “the high and unbearable cost of living that Ghanaians are experiencing under the watch [of] President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Bawumia, has largely been occasioned by steep increases in the prices of petroleum products over the last four (4) and half years”.
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