Road and Transport Ministry would review fares, if ...

The Ministry of Roads and Highways on Monday said it had asked private transport associations to come up with proposals for consideration for the demand to increase transport fares.

Speaking with the Ghana News Agency in Accra on the demand of drivers to increase fares, Dr Richard Anane, the sector Minister, said the Ghana Road Transport Co-ordinating Council, the umbrella organisation of transport unions, had been in consultations with the Ministry on their intended increases but the Council was yet to present the proposals to the Ministry.

He said at a meeting with the executives of the transport unions with officials of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Progressive Transport Owners Association, Co-operative Transport Union, the Omnibus Services Authority (OSA) and the Haulage Transport Union, the members dissociated themselves from Monday's strike and demonstration by a section of drivers in parts of the metropolis.

He said the transport unions informed him that they would hold a meeting on Wednesday, 25 September and hopefully submit their proposals to the Ministry by Friday, 27 September.