{"id":1265610,"date":"2022-12-15T16:14:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/15\/angry-commercial-drivers-lock-up-ashaiman-lorry-terminal\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:14:15","slug":"angry-commercial-drivers-lock-up-ashaiman-lorry-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/15\/angry-commercial-drivers-lock-up-ashaiman-lorry-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry commercial drivers lock up Ashaiman lorry terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"397\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ashaiman-lorry-station_1680x958-696x397.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ashaiman lorry station_1680x958\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Some commercial drivers in the Ashaiman municipality of the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday registered their displeasure about how the lorry terminal is being mismanaged by the executives of the Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU). <\/p>\n<p>The commercial drivers, who are members of the GPRTU, locked up the terminal and demanded that the executives abdicate.<\/p>\n<p>According to the angry drivers, they are all the time sidestepped when opportunities come their way at the terminal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs commercial drivers in the terminal, we don\u2019t have membership cards yet daily tolls and welfare dues are collected from us every day,\u201d the angry drivers, clad in red armbands, told Class 91.3 FM\u2019s Ashaiman correspondent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to seize power from them because they are not helping our course,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been driving here for the past 10 years and I don\u2019t have a membership card yet women who sell in and around here have GPRTU membership cards,\u201d an angry driver alleged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notorious Ashaiman lorry station thieves remanded<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bullion van robberies: Ashaiman operation was to fetch two Nigerian accomplices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sit here they organise workshops among other things only to be attended by the market women in the name of drivers,\u201d he went on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe executives are just wallowing in the dues of the union without doing anything for members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs members, we don\u2019t have anything to show for over the past 10 years,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"44_19S4jAf0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"STEM competition finalist showcase their project - Badwam Mpensenpensemu on Adom TV (15-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/44_19S4jAf0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some commercial drivers in the Ashaiman municipality of the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday registered their displeasure about how the lorry terminal is being mismanaged by the executives of the Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU). 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