The Ghanaian Concerned Drivers Association has issued a warning that rising fuel costs will shock the entire country.
On Sunday, October 16, 2022, fuel prices are expected to rise by 10%, while transportation costs are predicted to grow by 40% over the next few weeks.
“Prices of fuel have been gradually growing even at a period when crude prices were cut at the world market,” the association’s statement, which was co-signed by its National Chairman Paa Willie, National Public Relations Officer (PRO), David Agboado, and Deputy Secretary Nana Owiredu, stated.
“As an association, we are promising the government, if they do not work on stabilising the fuel prices, we’ll not increase fares for the ordinary Ghanaian to suffer but we will shock the entire Nation.”
It added: “No amount of intimidation can stop us this time around.”
Speaking on 12Live on Class91.3FM, Friday, October 14, 2022, Deputy Communications Director, Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Samuel Amoah explained the current condition of drivers.
“Now the commercial drivers too are suffering. A driver will go to work, at the close of the day, all the money that the driver will get, he’ll just send it to a filling station, to just go and give it to them and go home, empty-handed.”
“Likewise, in case you have a problem with your car, you’ll use all the money to go and buy spare parts, so we have come to realise that our businesses are going down and there’s pressure on us.”
He indicated that transport fares will be adjusted upward by 40 per cent if the government fails to take action.
“That is why this time around, per our calculation, we say we’re coming out with 40 per cent upward adjustment of transport fares,” he stressed.