From Sebastian R. Freiku, Kumasi
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OPERATORS OF VIP and OA Transport Services? face? legal? action ?if they do not? take? steps? to charge? fares? that correspond to? the GH?1.00 increment?in fuel prices?by the National? Petroleum Authority (NPA).
Mr. Opoku Agyemang, also known as?Agya Manso, a well known?Kumasi based?serial caller?and NPP activist, who issued the?threat?in a press?statement?in Kumasi noted that?following?? recent?hikes in fuel prices?by the government, some private?transport operators?have?unilaterally increased lorry fares,?without recourse to the approved?fares by the Ghana Road Transport Co-ordinating Council (GRTCC).
Agya Manso said instead of?fares?that?correspond with the GH?1.00 hike in fuel prices, the VIP Transport Service has increased?its Kumasi-Accra fare by 25% from GH?20.00 to GH?25.00, while OA charges GH?20.00 (11% increment) from the GH?18.00 it charged previously.
The concerned citizen said the increase only point to deliberate attempts by the said transport operators to exploit the travelling public under the guise of petrol increment.
He has appealed to the government and all stakeholders in the transport industry to ensure that undue exploitation is avoided as much as possible, in order that sanity prevails.
Agya Manso also hinted that he would not hesitate to mobilize aggrieved members of the public to protest against the said hikes in a demonstration. He said he would be compelled to resort to legal action to ensure a fair deal for the public, if the transport operators fail to response positively to his plea.
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