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We’ll Increase Transport Fares Once Parliament Approves 2021 Budget – GPRTU
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has has noted that road transport operators will be increasing transport fares once Parliament approves the 2021 budget.
Speaking to Citi News, General Secretary of the GPRTU, Godfred Abulbire indicated that the 2021 budget contains a number of taxes that will affect their operations hence the decision.
He believes that if they (GPRTU) fail to increase the fares, it will adversely affect their operations.
“The moment Parliament approves the 2021 budget, we are sure that we will come out with lorry fares increased by a certain margin. We don’t want to make reference to the fuel price adjustments because there are other components like the road tolls which have also been increased. Usually, the practice has been that when fuel price is adjusted by a certain percentage then we are also informed to increase fares by a certain percentage equivalent to that effect, but now we can see that from the budget proposals, there are so much into it which will have more effect than the fuel itself.”
