The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has directed passengers to report drivers who refuse to comply with the 15% fare reduction initiative to the Ghana Police Service for sanctions.
Speaking on Breakfast Show on GTV on Monday, May 26, the spokesperson for GPRTU, Alhaji Abbas Imoro, asserted that the decision to reduce transport fares is influenced by the recent reduction in fuel prices, and for that reason it is illegal for any driver to continue charging the old fares.
According to him, the directive has been broadly implemented, except among drivers who are not affiliated with the GPRTU and other transport unions or registered as drivers.
“All drivers who belong to the transport unions have complied with the 15% fare reduction; those who have refused to comply are the floating drivers: those who do not belong to the unions and those who are not even registered drivers.”
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He further stated that such drivers are notorious and should be reported to the law enforcement agencies.
“The law says that for you to operate as a driver, you must belong to a union and also be registered, but there are those who do not belong to any union, and so they think nobody can tell them what to do; those drivers are the ones refusing to obey the directive, so passengers should report them to the police.”
He, however, criticized the Ghana Police Service for not doing enough to enforce the initiative and secure adherence to it.
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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union, together with key transport unions, including the Concerned Drivers Association and the True Drivers Union, issued a directive on 20th May, 2025, calling on all lorry stations and drivers to reduce lorry fares by 15% following critical engagement between the unions and the Ministry of Transport.
The transport fare reduction was expected to take effect on 24th May, 2025, but failure for drivers to comply with the directive on the said date compelled the unions to release another directive on 25th May 2025 warning drivers to either comply or face sanctions.
Despite all these warnings, reports from various lorry stations across the country reveal that some drivers are still hesitating to comply.
But responding questions in an interview during the Breakfast Show on GTV, Alhaji Abbas Imoro stated emphatically that those drivers refusing to reduce their fares are floating drivers who do not belong to the unions and should be reported to the Ghana Police Service
