The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Tanker Drivers have suspended their indefinite sit-down strike.
This comes after a crucial meeting with the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, on Thursday, June 29.
The drivers declared an indefinite strike on June 26, 2023, in protest over a bad road network affecting their vehicles and operations.
The vice chairman of the union, Sunday Alabi, said after the meeting that they have decided to call off the industrial action on the condition that the road contractors improve the quality of the roads within three weeks.
“The access road to the depots in Kumasi, Takoradi and Buipe are to be improved as road works commence tomorrow, and a seven-member committee is formed.
“The ministry will give us three people, and four will be from the union to monitor the progress of works on the roads,” Mr Alabi said.
The union is expected to resume work on Friday, June 3o, while work begins to improve the road.
Meanwhile, the minister has said, “The contractor is on-site except that the work has been slow, which is not what we all expected. I want to assure you that the government has not abandoned this road, we have awarded the contract, and the contractor is already on site working.”
He assured them that he or his deputy would be there once a week to inspect the progress of work on the road, stating, “I will be coming here once every week. If I am unable to make it, my deputy will be here. So please do the work as required of you.”
The strike led to long queues at LPG outlets and increased pressure on the few outlets with stocks.