A commercial Driver of Sekondi-Takoradi has appealed
to government to set prices of commercial vehicles whenever there is an
increment in fuel prices rather than
leaving it in the hand of Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU)
The driver said, the GPRTU are now politicizing
fares of commercial vehicles and that
they take advantage of the fuel hikes to insensitively increase fares
whilst the distance does not amount to such astronomical price.
He said this has compelled passengers of taxi to now
join tro-tro thus making taxi drivers lessly gain income.
He explained that the increment in fares is rather
killing the taxi work whilst projecting the work of tro-tro.
He however stressed the need of taxi drivers to
drastically reduce prices of fares to attract passengers on board in order to
kill the plight of them moving around the whole day with empty cars.
He cautioned taxi-drivers to think about what would
benefit the taxi work as well as the passengers rather than merely accepting
prices from the GPRTU, with regards to the economic difficulties Ghanaians are
facing.
STORY BY: JOYCELINE NATALLY CUDJOE
l share the concern of the driver but partly disagree with his thought, in the sense that G.P.R.T.U is a body mandated by government to implement fares charges on passengers. But not responsible for solely taken such action. The government is fully aware. So the regulatory body like G.P.R.T.U cannot entirely be blamed. The government should be our first point of call, when we are venting our frustration on matter like this.
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