The Ghana Private Road Transport Union of the Trade
Union Congress (GPRTU of TUC) has informed all transport operators in the
country especially commercial drivers not to increase fares as a result of the
increased in the price of petroleum products.
The group said ‘‘all transport operators are being
informed not to increase transport fares pending the midyear review of
transport fares which is scheduled for June, 2015.
In a joint statement signed by the General Secretary
of the GPRTU of TUC, Mr. Stephen K. Okudzeto and the General Secretary of Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), Alhaji Aliyu
Baba said it is the policy of the Transport Fares Review Committee to review
transport fares bi-annually that is January and June every year. This will
enable other components that go into running of commercial road transport
services to be taken into consideration.
The statement from the umbrella body which was copied
to the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Energy,
National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Daily Express and other media houses requested
it members to maintain the current fares until the June 2015 review.
The National Petroleum Authority
(NPA) announced new prices for petroleum products on Sunday May 17, 2015.
According to the regulator the new increment is 9%.
Per the increase petrol product will
be selling at GHc3.33 per litre from the previous GHc3.05, while diesel goes up
to GHc3.24 from the previously price of GHc2.97.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
will also be selling at GHc2.88 from an old price of GHc2.64. The local Marine
Gas Oil (MGO) which was previously sold at GHc2.96 will now be selling at GHc2.96.
Unified petroleum and kerosene
for mining firms are expected to go up by 4 per cent. However the increase of
the fuel price will not affected premix fuel and residual fuel oil (RFO).
Credit: Daily Express
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