Commuters are advised by the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) to ignore some transport companies’ announcements of a 15% rise in transportation costs.
The fare increase will go into effect on Monday, July 22, according to a statement from the Transport Operators Association.
The GPRTU emphasized that any ticket rise must come after appropriate stakeholder engagement, which has not yet taken place, even though it acknowledged the growing prices of petroleum products and their considerable influence on transportation expenses.
Consequently, commercial transport providers have been instructed by the GPRTU to comply with the current fare rates.
The procedures for fare modifications must be strictly adhered to, as GPRTU’s Industrial Relations Officer, Abass Imoro, emphasized in a Citi FM interview.
He stressed that fare increases cannot be implemented arbitrarily and require thorough discussions with all relevant stakeholders.
Mr. Imoro assured the public that the GPRTU is committed to ensuring fair practices and will continue to engage with stakeholders to address the challenges posed by rising fuel prices.
However, until these discussions are concluded and agreements are reached, transport fares should remain unchanged.
We are not coming out with an increment. We are saying no, it is not just any ordinary increment in fuel that attracts fare adjustment. We recently increased lorry fares, so we haven’t gotten there. It is unfortunate, for those who came out with that publication.
“We know what is happening, but we have to go by the laid down system before any increment is done. So the public should disregard the press release by those people who said fares will be increased,” he said.
