Increases in fuel prices: We’ll announce new fares on Wednesday — Transportation companies

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The Concerned Drivers Association is optimistic that on February 2nd, 2022, the Coalition of Private Transport Operators would agree on an upward adjustment of transportation fares.

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, the Coalition of Private Transport Operators will decide whether to raise transportation charges or continue to seek for lower taxes on fuel products.

This is in response to recent gasoline price spikes, which have caused alarm among transportation operators.

David Agboado, the Public Relations Officer of the Concerned Drivers Association, told Citi News that the operators will release a public notice about their decision and new transportation charges before approaching Parliament to have some fuel levies repealed.

“We will still increase the transport fares, and we will communicate it to the public on Wednesday then after that, we will still fight for the reduction of the taxes on the petroleum prices,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), the country’s largest transport union, has said the operations of its members have become difficult because they are currently running at a loss due to the current price of fuel.

The General Secretary of GPRTU, Godfred Abulbire, in a Citi News interview said they expected the government to keep its word by ensuring a reduction in the price of fuel but fuel prices have rather shot up.

“All the efforts we made before the reading of the budget have not yielded any result. We were told that definitely from the next pricing window fuel prices would come down, but that same night, GOIL was able to come down which was an indicator that what we were requesting will be achieved. So we concluded the meeting with the hope that by the following week, GOIL would go lower. Shortly after, fuel prices started going up, and far more than we thought. It is serious. We are running at a very serious loss,” he said.

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