The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has denied allegations that its leaders are surrogates of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP); hence their refusal to reduce transport fares accordingly.
[contextly_sidebar id=”ls0d3wVXaog7VvgnlYzhZNGLGjFYYCIu”]The Union announced a five percent reduction in transport fares on January 9, but three weeks down the line, its members are yet to adhere to the directive.
The leadership of the GPRTU has said it would sanction members who flout the directive but nothing has so far been done.
Based on this development, the NDC National Propaganda Secretary, Solomon Nkansah told Citi News’ Western Regional correspondent, Obrempong Yaw Ampofo that the leadership of the GPRTU had allowed their partisan affiliations to influence their decisions.
He accused them of deliberately sabotaging the Mahama-led government by failing to reduce transport fares.
But Chairman of the GPRTU, Alhaji Manu has rubbished the allegations, describing it as untrue and unwarranted.
He challenged Mr Nkansah to prove his allegation, insisting that the GPRTU had gone through all necessary processes to have transport fares reduced.
“We all agreed that the five percent was ok and we went ahead and wrote a communiqué to the press. After that we wrote a letter to all the regions to our chairmen, and they all agreed with the 5 percent reduction and that they will abide by it. So if he said that the leaders of GPRTU are all members of the NPP, it is wrong for him to say that”, Alhaji Yaw Manu said.
By: Eugenia Tenkorang/citifmonline.com/Ghana