{"id":10893,"date":"2014-04-04T08:39:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T08:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=10893"},"modified":"2014-04-04T08:39:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T08:39:28","slug":"gprtu-fails-to-agree-on-new-transport-fares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/gprtu-fails-to-agree-on-new-transport-fares\/","title":{"rendered":"GPRTU fails to agree on new transport fares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/trotro1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8511\" alt=\"trotro\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/trotro1.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/trotro1.jpg 470w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/trotro1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is appealing to drivers to exercise restraint as they negotiate new transport fares.<\/p>\n<p>The GPRTU was to announce the new fares on Friday following the 7.06%, 5.25% and 4.7% price increases in Petrol, diesel and Liquefied Petroleum gas (LPG) respectively on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>But a meeting held to that effect was inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Some drivers however have increased fares without any consultation with the union provoking passengers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chairman of the GPRTU, Alhaji Yaw Manu, appealed to the drivers to exercise restraint \u201cand whatever it is, the new fares will come for them to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He however noted that the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) should take the blame for the quarrels between drivers and passengers saying, \u201cthe problem doesn\u2019t come from us; the problem comes from the NPA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Manu lamented that both drivers and passengers are suffering with the new fuel price hikes but \u201cwe have to take the proper decision\u201d adding that the process of adjusting transport fares is a long process which has to go through several processes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is appealing to drivers to exercise restraint as they negotiate new transport fares. 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