{"id":272779,"date":"2011-01-04T22:24:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T22:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=44709"},"modified":"2011-01-04T22:24:04","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T22:24:04","slug":"people-in-sunyani-express-disappointment-in-fuel-price-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/04\/people-in-sunyani-express-disappointment-in-fuel-price-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"People in Sunyani express disappointment in fuel price increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-44501\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/03\/fuel-prices-go-up-2\/fuel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44501\" title=\"fuel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/fuel.jpg\" alt=\"fuel\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>The petroleum price increases  announced by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) have been condemned  by sections of the public in the Sunyani Municipality.<br \/>\nIn  random interviews with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), businessmen and  women, petty traders, farmers and teachers asked the government to come  out and explain to Ghanaians the main motives for the increment.<br \/>\nThe NPA on Monday announced 25 and 30 percent increment in petroleum products citing rising world crude prices.<br \/>\nMr Frank Opoku Adjapong, a businessman, said; \u201cGhanaians should be  aware that the proclamation by President John Evans Atta Mills that 2011  would a year of action has begun with price hikes in goods and  services\u201d.<br \/>\nHe observed that the increase in fuel prices  would definitely bring extra hardship to the ordinary citizenry as  prices of goods and services would go up.<br \/>\nMr Adjapong said;  \u201cSince Ghana has now joined world oil producing countries if there  should be any increases in the prices of petroleum products it should be  reasonable\u201d.<br \/>\nMr Patrick Owusu Barimah, Teacher at St. James  Seminary and Senior High School at Abesim, near Sunyani, said the  increases were uncalled for.<br \/>\nHe said in 2008 world market  price for crude oil stood at 147 dollars per barrel and as at that time a  gallon of petrol was sold at GH\u00a2 5.30 in Ghana.<br \/>\n\u201cDuring  President Mills\u2019 campaign he assured Ghanaians that the price was too  high and that his government would ensure a drastic reduction in fuel  prices when given the nod,\u201d he stated.<br \/>\nMr Barimah said the  country saw a five percent reduction in the first two months of the NDC  Administration and later the price of petroleum jumped by a 15 percent  margin.<br \/>\n\u201cSince then the price of fuel in Ghana has increased   three conservative times even though the world market price stood at  94 dollars per barrel,\u201d he observed.<br \/>\nMr Yaw Antwi Ababio, a  farmer at Dumasua, appealed to the government to intervene as soon as  possible so that the rising world crude prices would not affect the  lives of the ordinary Ghanaian.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, reports reaching  the GNA indicate that taxi drivers who plied the Sunyani Municipality  have unilaterally increased their fares.<br \/>\nThey charge GH\u00a2  0.50 from Sunyani to Abesim, which was GH\u00a2 0.40 whilst the GH\u00a2 0.30 taxi  fare within Sunyani has been increased to GH\u00a2 0.40<br \/>\nEvans Kyere  Kwame, Assembly Member elect for Ahenboboano Electoral Area, condemned  the increment stating that increasing the price without corresponding  increase in workers\u2019 salaries could create difficulties for Ghanaian  families.<br \/>\nHe explained that the argument being put across by  some government officials that the metro mass transit could be used to  cushion the effect of the rising transport fares is not feasible.<br \/>\nMr Stephen Afful, a barber at Kotokrom near Sunyani  advised those  responsible for fuel price adjustment to ensure that such an important  national policy moved simultaneously with the announcement of approved  lorry\/taxi fares.<br \/>\nMr Afful, popularly known and called  \u201cBritish Jack\u201d expressed concern about the confusion that erupted  between some drivers and passengers over the arbitrary increases in  fares after the announcement of the new fuel prices.<br \/>\nHe  wondered why Government could not negotiate with Ghana Private Road  Transport Union (GPRTU), Metro Mass Transit Company, Metropolitan,  Municipal and District Assemblies, as well as other related institutions  over the new fares before making the announcement.<br \/>\nHe  however expressed the hope that the authorities would meet and come out  with appropriate fares to meet the expectations of both drivers and  passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The petroleum price increases announced by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) have been condemned by sections of the public in the Sunyani Municipality. 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