Drivers Pressurize NPP Government To Reduce Fuel Prices Now
Fuming with anger, the Regional Chairmen of the Association in the persons of Nii Ashie, Greater Accra Regional Chairman, Akwadaa Nyame, Ashanti Regional Chairman, Kwesi Arhin, Central Regional Chairman, Aminu Issifu, Northern Regional Chairman, Alex Tenkorang, Eastern Regional Chairman, and Eric Atsu Soku Hadagbe, Volta Regional Chairman speaking in an interview with the Soireenews.com today given a one-week ultimatum for government to reduce the price of petrol in the country.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater 
The Regional Chairmen for Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana(C-DAG) have sent eight (8) strong warning messages to the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, saying that they were not happy about the way the current government is managing the prices of petroleum products in the country.
Fuming with anger, the Regional Chairmen of the Association in the persons of Nii Ashie, Greater Accra Regional Chairman, Akwadaa Nyame, Ashanti Regional Chairman, Kwesi Arhin, Central Regional Chairman, Aminu Issifu, Northern Regional Chairman, Alex Tenkorang, Eastern Regional Chairman, and Eric Atsu Soku Hadagbe, Volta Regional Chairman speaking in an interview with the Soireenews.com today given a one-week ultimatum for government to reduce the price of petrol in the country.
"We have given the President and his government a one-week ultimatum to have the price of petrol reduced. Failure to heed s call will see members of this Association including amour allies such as GPRTU, Co-Operative, PROTOA, and Cargo Drivers mass up and block the entrances of his Nima residence to prevent him from going out. Yes, that action is just one out of many radical demonstrations we’ll embark upon to press on the president to have the prices reduced as we are considering also the blocking of all major roads with our vehicles," they disclosed.
According to them, the GH¢ 8.44 mark per liter of petrol is highly abnormal and causing an unbearable hardship on us.
They argued that the continuous increment of the petroleum prices products should never be justified by the government with the Russia-Ukraine war and the continuous falling of the potency of the Cedi as against the US dollar.
They stressed that the government must be critically observed that, the tax component on the price of a liter of petrol is a major contributor to the abnormal rate.
"We strongly believe that the taxes, when removed, will aid the reduction of the price of petrol. It must be noted that one major promise of this government was to remove the taxes on petrol.
"We wish to remind the President that, Ghana is an oil-producing country and so we possess every right to call on the government to have petrol subsidized for us in circumstances where the world market price rises.
"President Akufo Addo should remember that then in opposition, he promised to us during a campaign tour at Kwame Nkrumah Circle that, he was going to reduce petrol prices for us should we vote for him. Today, he is in his second term as President but has deliberately chosen to forget about that key promise. It’s about time he woke up from his slumber to act quickly," they stated.
Amidst the continuous precarious petrol prices, they called on all Ghanaians to stand with us devoid of partisanship as we fight for more relaxed arrangements to be made by the government.
They sent their warm felicitations to all Ghanaians most especially the media who have always awarded us a listening ear even amidst the dire tribulations the whole country is going through as a result of the daily increment of petrol prices.
They stressed that this statement was issued by the regional chairmen of the Association because they felt the national executives have been mincing words and failed to press harder on the government on this specific subject that has lingered on for a long time.
