ASEM ABA! We Won’t Lower Transportation Fares: GPRTU Tells Passengers

&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-size&colon;25px"><strong>The Ghana Private Roads Transport Union has rejected efforts to reduce transportation expenses &lpar;GPRTU&rpar;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Despite lower fuel prices&comma; the union claims they are unable to lower transportation costs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Abass Moro&comma; the GPRTU&&num;8217&semi;s public relations officer&comma; said on Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s Kasapa 102&period;5FM&sol;Agoo TV that the recent slight percentage drop in fuel prices does not yet translate into a decrease in transportation costs because the price of auto parts is still rising&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>However&comma; he added that if gasoline prices rise once more&comma; the transport union would increase transportation costs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to Abass Moro&comma; the GPRTU will only consider lowering transportation costs if a litre of petroleum costs GHC10&period;00&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to him&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If any member of the public is expecting a reduction in transport fares following the recent reduction in fuel prices&comma; that person should forget it for now&period; The public should rather appeal to the government to reduce fuel prices to GHC10&period;00 per litre&comma; which will at least be reasonable&period; When that is done&comma; then there will be some reduction in transport fares<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;GPRTU&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-151152" width&equals;"660" height&equals;"351"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Association of Passengers in Ghana &lpar;APG&rpar; has recently urged the Ghana Private Road Transport Union &lpar;GPRTU&rpar;&comma; the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council &lpar;GRTCC&rpar;&comma; and the Ministry of Transport &lpar;MoT&rpar; to review and immediately lower transportation fees to reflect current market prices for gasoline and diesel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">READ ALSO&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;id-rather-spend-my-money-at-the-club-than-donate-to-the-pentecostal-church">I’d Rather Spend My Money At The Club Than Donate To The Pentecostal Church&colon; Criss Waddle<&sol;a><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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