{"id":3315,"date":"2014-03-03T13:43:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2014-03-03T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:43:21","slug":"transport-fares-to-go-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/transport-fares-to-go-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport fares to go up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/trotro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3538\" alt=\"trotro\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/trotro-300x222.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/trotro-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/trotro.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Transport fares are likely to go up across board due\u00a0to the upward adjustment in fuel prices over the weekend,<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) met on Monday, February 3 to consider increasing transport fares.<\/p>\n<p>Greater Accra regional Chairman of the GPRTU, Mr. Robert Sabah told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> transport fare increment was inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Robert Sabah asked the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to notify the GPRTU ahead of increment in fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever there should be an increase we should be notified so that if there should be any increase in transport fares it will run simultaneously with the fuel prices increment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe are not seeing this and this is one of our drawbacks in terms of maintaining peace between our drivers and passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some commercial drivers in the Greater Accra region told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> the consistent fuel price increment has always affected their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fuel increment is affecting our daily sales because passengers choose to pay the old amount despite the new prices; when you charge the new fares they disagree with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport fares are likely to go up across board due\u00a0to the upward adjustment in fuel prices over the weekend, The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) met on Monday, February 3 to consider increasing transport fares. 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