The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced that it will soon consider increments in transport fares before December 2021.
The GPRTU says it would increase fares should the current trend of fuel price increments continue.
The Union complained that the rate at which fuel products are being increased arbitrarily has forced them to arrive at the decision.
The union said, at the last increments of transport fares, they projected to last until December 2021 but the increment in fuel prices is affecting them.
The General Secretary of GPRTU, Godfred Abulbire said“we are in talks with the government because if it continues, we will be left with no options than to increase transport fares”.
“The current system doesn’t match what we had expected and if it goes up, it means that lorry fares will go up to match up and that means the consumer, which is the passenger, will bear the cost,” he added.
Mr. Abulbire explained that “we are still in talks with the Ministry to do something about it because for now, we don’t intend to match it like that and we will try to remain on this until December and the government should also do well to maintain it like this”.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana