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03 Feb

GPRTU To Meet On Possibility Of Increasing Transport Fares Next Week

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The Industrial Relations Director of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) Alhaji Abass Imoro has indicated that the leadership of the union is going to have a meeting next week to determine an upward review of transport fares. According to Mr. Abass, the prices of fuel have gone up and tariffs for water and electricity have gone up significantly. This has made it obvious that transport operators need to adjust fares in order to survive and stay in business. “We run transport with other components which have seen price increase. Insurance policy has been increased, spare parts have gone…

01 Feb

Petrol, Diesel Now Sell At ¢15.25, ¢15.90 Per Litre At Pumps

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Some Oil Marketing Companies(OMCs) have started increasing prices of petroleum products at the pumps from today, Wednesday, February 1, 2023 as anticipated. One of the market leaders, GOIL, is now selling a litre of petrol at ¢15.25, from the previous ¢13.60. Diesel on the other hand is going for ¢15.90 per litre, from the previous ¢15.52. Other OMCs are expected to follow suit by announcing new fuel prices later today. Ahead of the announcement of increases in fuel prices today, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) predicted between 7% and 13% jump in the prices of petrol, diesel and Liquefied…

15 Dec

We’ll Reduce Fares If Fuel Prices Come Down In The Next Pricing Window – GPRTU

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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), says it will reduce fares should the prices of fuel come down in the next pricing window. According to the Union, should that happen, they will not hesitate to reduce transport fares. However, what they will not do is to rush and reduce fares and be hit with hikes in fuel prices. The General Secretary of GPRTU, Mr Godfred Abulbire has said. According to him, a lot of considerations would have to be looked at before reducing transport fares. “For now, we will not rush and reduce fares, we need to observe things…

15 Dec

Disregard GPRTU’s Claim Of Increase In Prices Of Spare Parts – Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association

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The Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association has denied the Ghana Private Road Transport Union’s (GPRTU) claim of increases in the prices of spare parts. The GPRTU after a slight reduction in fuel prices refused to reduce transport fares arguing that prices of spare parts and lubricants have also been increased. Thus, if transport fares are reduced, transport operators may suffer a loss in income. However, the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association in a statement on December 15 said prices of spare parts have not been increased. “GPRTU instead of reducing the transport fares as a result of the…

31 Oct

VIP Jeoun Transport Must Apologise For Increasing Fares By 20% Ahead Of Negotiations – GPRTU

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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has condemned the arbitrary increase of transport fares by VIP Jeoun Transport Service and some public transport [trotro] operators while stakeholders had not concluded the negotiations on percentage of fare increase. The spokesperson for the transport union, Alhaji Abass Imoro told Alfred Ocansey on 3FM Sunrise Morning Show on Monday 31 October, 2022 that as a luxurious and a well-established transport company, it is condemnable that VIP Jeoun Transport Service did not set a good example by going ahead of the negotiations to announce a 20% increase in fares. “This influenced some of…

26 Oct

GPRTU To Increase Transport Fares By 19% Effective October 29

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Ghanaians will soon pay more for transportation as the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is set to increase fares by 19% effective Saturday, October 29, 2022. The move, according to the union has been necessitated by the continuous soaring of prices of petroleum products at the various fuel pumps. Currently, Diesel and Petrol are selling for over GH¢15 and GH¢13 respectively at major fuel pumps; a situation transport operators say is eroding their profit. Meanwhile, VIP JEOUN announced new transport fares for the travelling public effective Monday, October 24. The fare from Accra- Kumasi which used to be GH¢85…

18 Oct

Eleven Persons In Court For Rioting Over GPRTU Ticketing, Revenue

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Eleven persons who were picked for rioting over ticketing and revenue at the Shukura Lorry Station have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. They are: Emmanuel Gyan, 21-year-old unemployed, Seidu Bashiru, 25-year-old trader, Osman Ayariga, 28, Wadudu Awudu, a 32-year-old driver, Haruna Seidu, 31-year-old Porter and Issahaku Sulemana, 26-year-old driver’s mate. The rest are Hakibu Shaibu, Adams Yusif Haruna, aka Baba, Oly Rahman, David Mayah and Shaban Shaibu. They have been variously charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit rioting, rioting and riots and prohibition of activities of land guards. The accused persons have pleaded not guilty. The court…

15 Sep

Cost Of Sachet Water To Go Up

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The general public will from next week pay more for sachet water and transportation following the announcement by the service providers to increase their prices and fares. While the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and the coalition of private transport operators have agreed to a 30 per cent increment in fares from Wednesday, September 21, 2022, the National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers (NASPWAP) has announced an increment in the prices of sachet and bottled water effective Monday, September 19, 2022. The water producers said the increment had been necessitated by rising cost of inputs such as…

14 Sep

GPRTU Increases Transport Fares By 30% Effective September 21

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Public transport commuters will from Wednesday, September 21, pay at least 30 more following an upward adjustment in fares. This was announced in a communique from the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) today, Wednesday, September 14. According to the Union, the decision follows a successful consultation with its mother body. “In consultation with our mother body the GPRTU OF TUC, we wish to announce to the general public that there will be a 30% increment on fares starting Tuesday 21st September 2022.” It cited the rise in the cost of fuel and spare parts as the basis for the…