Members of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) have been instructed to lower transportation charges by 15% as of Saturday, May 25, 2025, according to Alhaji Abbas Ibrahim Moro, the organization’s public relations officer.
This is the result of a meeting between the GPRTU’s National Executive and the Transport Minister, he said.
“We met with the Transport Ministry today after a marathon meeting, we finally decided to reduce transport fares by 15 percent, effective coming Saturday (May 25),” he said in an exclusive interview with Alfred Ocansey in a yet to be aired interview on Ghana Tonight.
Alhaji Moro’s disclosure coincides with demands from interested parties for lower transportation costs as a result of a decline in fuel prices.
“The fuel price has dropped by, let’s say 18%. So the tradition we do is that we divide it by 3 and use one-third of it. But we decided on 15% based on fuel price. We are also hopeful that our brothers in the spare parts business will reduce their prices as well,” he stated.
“We want to place on record that we did not wait for the other components of our cost build up to reduce before the 15% reduction. The lubricants are still at where they are, documentations like permits, taxes and DVLA, what we’ve been paying, are still at where they are, but we consider as our contribution towards resetting of Ghana, and we come up with this initiative,” Alhaji Moro explained.
He emphasized that Union members will be held accountable if they disregard the directive.
“We are in Ghana and the laws of the land must be abided by every citizen. Each time we increase lorry fares, everybody patronizes the increment, so shall it be, if there is a reduction, everybody should be prepared to comply. Anybody who decides not to comply, the passengers should report to the nearest police. We are not saying they should be beaten, we are pleading, nobody should be beaten, but it should be handed over to the nearest police, they come across,” he stated.
“It is the public who have been cheated, so we are just pleading they shouldn’t beat anybody, but they should do the right thing by handing them over to the police.”
When asked if he wants members of the public to cause the drivers to be arrested, Alhaji Moro responded, “As we speak now, if we are through with this, we will descend on some of our members to make sure to flush out the bad nuts from the system.”