Transportation fares down by 15.3% from today
From today, transportation fares are anticipated to decrease by 15.3 percent, the Ghana Roadway Transportation Coordinating Council (GRTCC) and the Ghana Private Roadway
Transportation Union (GPRTU) have actually revealed.
The decrease in fares is to commensurate with dominating fuel rates on the marketplace and it follows engagements in between transportation operators and the Ministry of Transportation.
” Following the settlements, and in factor to consider with the predicament of motorists, commuters and the general public, we have actually dealt with to decrease the existing transportation fares by 15.3%,” a declaration collectively signed by the General Secretary of the GRTCC, Emmanuel Ohene Yeboah, and the General Secretary of the GPRTU, Godfred
Abulbire, stated.
Transportation
The brand-new fares cover roadway transportation operations, such as shared taxis, intra-city transportation (trotro), intercity (far away) and haulage services.
With the brand-new fares, trotros that utilized to charge GH cents 8 for a range covered will now charge GH cents 6.80, while the rate of GH cents 29 for a range covered has actually been minimized to GH cents 25.
A transportation fare of GH cents 4 has actually likewise been minimized to GH cents 3.40.
Long-distance automobiles (Intercity) that utilized to charge GH cents 120 from Accra to Kumasi will now charge a minimized fare of GH cents 102, while a range that utilized to bring in a fare of GH cents 235 will now charge a lowered fare of GH cents 200.
Shared taxis that utilized to charge GH cents 2 as a rate will now charge a lowered fare of GH cents 1.70, while those that utilized to bring in GH cents 12 as a rate will now charge a lowered fare of GH cents 10.20.
Responsive to scenario
The operators stated having actually observed the decrease in the rates of petroleum items, they had actually been responsive to the scenario and hence engaged stakeholders to offer factor to consider to an evaluation of fares, in line with the Administrative Instrument.
” As a result, a series of settlement conferences were accepted stakeholders to settle on an appropriate level of fare decrease commensurate with the present fuel rates,” it stated.
Recently, although the rates of fuel continued to fall, resulting in calls from the public for the operators to decrease the fares, the latter hesitated to do so, stating they required to observe the pattern.
Mr Abulbire, in an interview, had actually discussed that the union would not hurry into a decrease up until all the elements that contributed to the boost in transportation fares were minimized.
Fuel rates
The rate of fuel per litre at GOIL, the marketplace leader of the oil marketing business ( OMCs), is now GH 13.40, from the previous high rate of GH 17.99 tape-recorded on Tuesday, November 1,2022, while diesel is likewise now costing GH 16.10, from the previous high rate of GH 23.49.
TotalEnergies is likewise now offering a litre of fuel at GH 13.40, while diesel is costing GH 15.85 per litre.
Some other OMCs, such as STAR Oil, are offering a litre of fuel at GH 12.55, while diesel is being cost GH 15.39.
