The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GTRCC) has said there is no justification to warrant an increase in transportation fares in the country.
The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana has announced a 15% increase in transport fares, effective Monday, 22 July, 2024.
The association cited the rising cost of fuel as the primary reason for the fare hike, noting that some oil marketing companies are now selling fuel at prices exceeding GHC15.
However speaking to Kwaku Nhyira Addo on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday (19 July) general secretary of the GTRCC, Emmanuel Ohene Yeboah said the Concerned Drivers Association is not a recognised group.
“The so-called group is known to us in the scheme of increasing transport fares, it has been the practise of GPRTU and GRTCC, these are the two bodies that meet with the Transport Ministry to determine the kind of percentage we should add as transport fares.”
“The numbers we see as at now does not necessitate any increase because from the last increase, fuel prices has not even gone up more than 5%. But you can only trigger the discussion for transport fare increase when it has gone past 10%,” Ohene Yeboah said.
Listen to Emmanuel Ohene Yeboah in the attached audio clip below:
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
