The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has declared its intention to deploy a taskforce on the streets to oversee and penalise drivers involved in illegal activities, amidst reports of vehicle shortages.
This initiative follows the condemnation by the Minister of State responsible for Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, regarding the intentional actions of certain operators to fabricate a vehicle shortage to charge passengers excessively.
Speaking in an interview, Samuel Amoah, the Deputy Industrial and Public Relations Officer of the GPRTU, emphasised that the union does not tolerate fare infringements and will take measures against members who violate these rules.
He disclosed that the union intends to collaborate closely with the Ghana Police Service and local assemblies to ensure the effective enforcement of regulations.
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“We had a meeting today. We will be hitting the streets with our taskforce to ensure that if our vehicles are found engaging in such practices, we will cause their arrest and impose sanctions. We will be meeting the Transport Minister hopefully by Friday.
“We will be organising our union guards and request from the Minister to allow the police to come in. The MMDCEs will also come in. We will be standing at some vantage areas where we think most of these floating drivers park. It is there that we will find out those who are doing that. Those who are with the GPRTU, we will sanction them; those that are not, there are laws,” he stated in an interview monitored by The Ghana Report on Channel One Newsroom.
Amoah also encouraged commuters to utilise designated stations for vehicle pickups instead of boarding from the roadside, highlighting that the union continually promotes the operation of its members from official stations where tolls are collected and compliance is monitored.
