{"id":461605,"date":"2018-02-05T17:11:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/secret-fuel-price-increases-killing-our-business-gprtu-members\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T17:11:06","slug":"secret-fuel-price-increases-killing-our-business-gprtu-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/secret-fuel-price-increases-killing-our-business-gprtu-members\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Secret&#8217; fuel price increases killing our business \u2013 GPRTU members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Monday,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/60437930.295.jpg\" alt=\"Trotro 2 620x330\" title=\"Trotro 2 620x330\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>GPRTU wants government to stabilize fares across the board because they are currently suffering<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517850666_726_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Some commercial drivers in the capital city, Accra are accusing the government of unfair treatment following what they describe as secret increases in fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>The worried drivers tell Joy News increasing fuel prices four times in the last month is killing their business.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the drivers who fall under the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) say they are unable to increase transport fares to correspond with increasing fuel prices because the government has directed them not to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increases always take us by surprise. By the time we realise the prices are already up but we cannot increase our fares. When we complain, the government will say we should hold on,\u201d one driver said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver said this has been detrimental to their business because not only fuel has been increased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you go to Abossey Okai for instance to buy spare parts, you realise that the prices have been increased. They say taxes have been increased at the ports,\u201d the worried driver said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there are lots of expenses behind the scenes which are not only about fuel but they cannot complain because of the government directive to the Union.  <\/p>\n<p>He said much as they need for fares to be increased so they can break even, they are constrained because they are under the umbrella of GPRTU.<\/p>\n<p>Another driver said there was an instance where the Union at some particular lorry stations increased the fares but \u201cthe authorities here [Nkrumah Circle branch] couldn\u2019t increase the fare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second increment came and instead of going up by a certain percentage, they said any increase will drive away customers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>They are asking that government and their Union work to stabilize the fares across the board because they are currently suffering.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Monday, 5 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-05 GPRTU wants government to stabilize fares across the board because they are currently suffering Some commercial drivers in the capital city, Accra are accusing the government of unfair treatment following what they describe as secret increases in fuel prices. 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