From today, rates for users of commercial transportation will be reduced by 15.3%.
Following the decrease in gasoline costs at different pumps, the transport operators made this decision public last week.
Transport companies were urged to lower their tariffs by industry players due to the drop in gasoline costs.
Last week, the government conducted a series of meetings to discuss the problem.
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union's (GPRTU) industrial relations officer, Abass Imoro, stated in an interview that the union's decision to lower charges is motivated by compassion and not just the conclusion of their meeting with the government.
"Due to the drop in gasoline prices, we thought of lowering lorry fees. We decided it would be smart to lower it to 15%, which will, in our opinion, be a Christmas bonus for all of our clients.
"The Transport Ministry was expecting more than what we have just released, and we were also not prepared to go by their demand," Mr. Imoro said in his explanation. This is due to the fact that we showed them the significant gap between the fuel price increase from a certain time period and the truck rates we also charged from that time period to the present. As a result, the passengers owe us a lot of money, but what can we do? Since the travelers are relatives of ours, we had to take all necessary precautions to keep our interactions civil. Therefore, we have agreed to reduce lorry prices by 15.3% as of December 19.
Regarding the durability of the discount, he added, "The cost of lorry fares will stay discounted but if they [the Government] come out tomorrow and increase the cost of gasoline to the point where we have to alter the lorry charges, why won't we change ours too?"
He also had hope that their members would follow the new fare instruction.