{"id":174596,"date":"2015-12-15T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T15:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=174596"},"modified":"2015-12-15T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T16:05:01","slug":"ghana-burkina-faso-truck-drivers-strike-over-controversial-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/ghana-burkina-faso-truck-drivers-strike-over-controversial-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana-Burkina Faso truck drivers strike over &#8216;controversial&#8217; charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Haulage truck drivers who ply the Ghana-Burkina Faso route, demonstrated\u00a0at the Tema Port against\u00a0what they deemed unfair treatment meted out to them when\u00a0their journey to Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The drivers\u00a0claim they are charged illegal fees called \u201cBond de Chargement\u201d by the driver union in that country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to them, the \u2018Bond de Chargement\u2019 has been imposed on them at the Burkinabe border and failure to pay usually results in them being assaulted and their vehicles sometimes damaged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, the Chairman of the Joint Association of Port Transport Union, Husein Isahak,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/12\/09\/port-drivers-want-burkinabe-counterparts-out\/\">appealed to the authorities to come to their aid.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;M7rRWnn3w5FgYAqZAznrf4A4EH0JkW1j&#8221;]He revealed the union has been making their demands known via numerous letters to the port authority since last year, but are\u00a0yet to receive a response from the port directors and\u00a0other authorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Husein Isahak added that\u00a0if\u00a0authorities fail to come to their aid, the union will be forced to retaliate, a threat they have followed through with this demonstration cum strike action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Vice\u00a0Chairman of the Joint Association of Port Transport Union, Abdulla Baba, reiterated the reasons for the demonstration and said the \u2018Bond de Chargement\u2019 was instituted without their knowledge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, \u201cWe are demonstrating because there is a so called \u2018Bond de Chargement\u2019 which was implemented last year April by the Ghana Director of Ports without telling us anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Abdulla Baba stated that they had made their demands known peacefully but the authorities refused to comply with them hence the need for them to demonstrate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSince last year, we were on them but they refused to listen to\u00a0us. That is the reason we are sending a strong signal to them. They should withdraw the bond with immediate effect,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Abdulla Baba warned that the drivers will not be plying the Burkina Faso route with cargo until their demand to have the \u2018Bond de Chargement\u2019 removed is met.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe will advise ourselves. The whole country, we\u2019ll be at a standstill. No Ghanaian truck will be in operation till the \u2018Bond de Chargement\u2019 is withdrawn; so we are advising our drivers not to move to Burkina Faso.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifemonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haulage truck drivers who ply the Ghana-Burkina Faso route, demonstrated\u00a0at the Tema Port against\u00a0what they deemed unfair treatment meted out to them when\u00a0their journey to Burkina Faso. The drivers\u00a0claim they are charged illegal fees called \u201cBond de Chargement\u201d by the driver union in that country. 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