{"id":89953,"date":"2015-02-09T14:40:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=89953"},"modified":"2015-02-09T14:40:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:40:05","slug":"reduce-fuel-prices-further-guta-to-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=89953","title":{"rendered":"Reduce fuel prices further \u2013 GUTA to gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ghana Union of Traders (GUTA) is asking government to as a matter of urgency reduce fuel prices since it is an alternative source of power for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;kJAFPnD63zDzHwKcMKhzNFTfIeUIyrTJ&#8221;]According to GUTA the constant\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/04\/dumsor-weve-run-out-of-patience-angry-ghanaians-to-mahama\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>power cuts<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the country is putting undue pressure on businesses and organizations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most businesses and organizations are now using generators to power their factories and equipment due to the current load-shedding exercise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, President of GUTA, George Ofori said reducing fuel prices will save local businesses from collapsing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, \u201cNow that we are having the energy crisis, we were thinking that we were lucky when the crude prices in the world market was reduced to $50 to $45 per barrel&#8230;.Prior to that it was $113 to the barrel and if it has reduced, we think that the price of fuel should have been brought down to about GH\u00a25 to GH\u00a26 as the indicators shows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CornGrindingMachine-africa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89967\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CornGrindingMachine-africa.jpg\" alt=\"CornGrindingMachine-africa\" width=\"768\" height=\"516\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He however urged government to apply the automatic adjustment formula for determining fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a related development, the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has called on the government to live up to its promise of <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/08\/fulfill-your-promise-save-us-from-dumsor-agi-to-govt\/#sthash.GnKmxACr.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>saving the country from &#8220;Dumsor.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Union of Traders (GUTA) is asking government to as a matter of urgency reduce fuel prices since it is an alternative source of power for them. 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