Gov't urged to reconsider level of transport fare

The Ministry of Communication and Transport has been urged to reconsider the 15 per cent increase in transport fares as a result of the recent hike in fuel prices and to come out with a fare-list that would be fair to both drivers and passengers.

Mallam Yahaya Aminu, Secretary of the Kasoa-Kaneshie-CMB branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), said members operating mini-buses on its routes would be running at a loss with the 15 per cent increase.

Speaking to the GNA, following confrontations between passengers and drivers over fares, he said it is not the intention of the union to make life unbearable for passengers and pleaded with them to bear with members.

He said they were charging 800 cedis from Kasoa to Kaneshie, 1,000 cedis to Kwame Nkrumah Circle and 1,100 cedis to CMB in Accra adding that when the Executive insisted on the 15 per cent increase, the members on realising that they would be running at a loss parked their vehicles.