We’ll raise transport fares if fuel prices don’t stabilise – GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced plans to increase transport fares due to persistent instability in fuel prices.

Speaking to Eyewitness News on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the GPRTU, Samuel Amoah, explained that rising fuel costs and the refusal of spare parts dealers to reduce prices have forced the union to consider fare adjustments.

“When we were asked to reduce our transport fare by 15%, the fuel price was around 12.59p for diesel, and the petroleum too was around 11.34p,” he said.

“After that, the expectation was that maybe the fuel price was going to remain the way it was, but then we noticed that it kept going up. At the same time, we are also complaining about the cost of spare parts and other components that we use to run our business.”

Mr. Amoah lamented that despite the union’s earlier calls, spare parts dealers have not reduced their prices.

“We came out complaining that the spare parts dealers should reduce their prices, but they haven’t done so. So, looking at where the fuel prices are now — diesel is now being sold at 14.44 pesewas, thereabout, and then petrol too around 13.69 pesewas — we find that if the next pricing window pushes fuel up again, then the transport operators would have to do some adjustments of transport fares so we can continue to serve the public,” he explained.

He further urged the government to act swiftly to stabilise fuel prices to prevent the fare hike.

“We are asking the government to find a way of holding the fuel pricing for it not to go up again. But if it happens to go up, then there is nothing we can do but to increase the transport fare,” he said.