{"id":742765,"date":"2022-01-10T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/10\/concerned-drivers-association-announces-40-increase-in-transport-fares-social\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:03:12","slug":"concerned-drivers-association-announces-40-increase-in-transport-fares-social","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/10\/concerned-drivers-association-announces-40-increase-in-transport-fares-social\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerned Drivers Association Announces 40% Increase In Transport Fares | Social"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG) has announced a 40% increment in transport fares across the country from Monday, January 17, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release dated January 10, the Association noted that the upward adjustment has been necessitated by the unbearable hardships facing drivers currently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must be noted that we commiserate with Ghanaians on the current economic hardship but in order to keep us in business, we are left with no other option but to adjust transport fares a little upward which is a 40% increment,\u201d part of the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>C-DAG stated that the increment is influenced by a number of factors including the price of fuel at the pumps, the increase in the prices of vehicles and the increment of spare parts and lubricants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must be noted that we also experience the economic conditions of the country. It has become extremely difficult for us to manage our homes as prices of basic commodities, including sachet water have also seen an upward increment,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>The Association urged Ghanaians to embrace the new \u201ctransport fares when it takes effect from Monday, January 17, 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Association also encouraged Ghanaians to avoid fighting drivers and their conductors when the new fares are implemented.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: adomonline<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\"><\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Featured Video\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"KO4svGWX01g\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OKYEAME KWAME CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN GHANA MUSIC INDUSTRY ON EKWANSO DWOODWOO WITH ABEIKU SANTAN\u2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KO4svGWX01g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG) has announced a 40% increment in transport fares across the country from Monday, January 17, 2022. In a press release dated January 10, the Association noted that the upward adjustment has been necessitated by the unbearable hardships facing drivers currently. \u201cIt must be noted that we commiserate with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":742766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}