The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says it will regularize the 20% addition in transport passages with Government.
The Union said not at all like past additions, the new toll was shown up with next to no exchange with the Government.
Mr Richard Yaw Amankwah, Deputy General Secretary in Charge of Operations, GPRTU, told the Ghana News Agency that the Union had organized a few gatherings with the Minister of Transport to talk about the addition rate yet none of the gatherings was regarded.
"Whenever we went there, we were informed that the Minister was nowhere to be found. In any case, our individuals are enduring so we needed to choose to increment it.
"So there were no talks with the Government. We desire to meet the Minister to regularize it soon," he said.
He said the 20% augmentation was expected to be the "galactic increment" in fuel costs as we as a whole as different parts, including spare parts and greases.
"We have around seven parts that decide our costs and everything has gone up. Our individuals are enduring," he pushed.
In the interim, the GNA has assembled that some vehicle administrators in certain pieces of Accra, including Madina, Lapaz, and Circle initiated the execution of the new charges on Monday, May 08, 2022.
Mr Amankwah portrayed the improvement as awful, saying that the Union imparted to its individuals at a gathering last Thursday to ascertain the rate increment and begin the execution of the new toll on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.
"We have gotten those reports so we have requested them to pause and begin tomorrow," he said.
Toward the finish of its last exchanges with the Government in February this year, which finished in the last 15% augmentation in transport admissions, the GPRTU imparted that it had agreed with the Government to change the tolls upwards whenever fuel costs went up by 10% or more.
Starting around the last augmentation, which produced results on February 26, 2022, petroleum was selling at a normal of GHS 7.90 per litre. At present, petroleum is selling at a typical GHS of 10.70 per litre, with diesel exchanging at a typical GHS of 11.30 per litre.
"Per our computations, we ought to have expanded the tolls by 30%. Be that as it may, we likewise figure out the situation of Ghanaians." Mr Amankwah said.
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