Stop The Lies; Prices Of Spare Parts Have Not Been Increased-Spare Parts Dealers Spit At GPRTU Over Transport Fares
The GPRTU after a slight reduction in fuel prices refused to reduce transport fares arguing that prices of spare parts and lubricants have also been increased. Thus, if transport fares are reduced, transport operators may suffer a loss in income.
Freeman Koryekpor 
Stop The Lies; Prices Of
Aggrieved members of of Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association in the Greater Accra Region are boiling with anger at Ghana Private Road Transport Union’s (GPRTU) that the prices of the spare parts have been increased.
The GPRTU after a slight reduction in fuel prices refused to reduce transport fares arguing that prices of spare parts and lubricants have also been increased. Thus, if transport fares are reduced, transport operators may suffer a loss in income.
However, the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association in a statement on December 15 2022 copied to Sorireenews com refuted the claim by the GPRTU that the prices of spare parts have been increased.
According to the statement, “GPRTU instead of reducing the transport fares as a result of the reduction of fuel prices has remained adamant and does not want to do that.
“They are now attributing their failure to reduce prices of the transport fares too high prices of spare parts. It is against this background that we are holding this press conference to let the Ghanaian public know that what they are saying is not true,” the Spare Parts dealers noted.
The Association explained that it has a tradition of reducing the prices of spare parts in November every year to help customers service their vehicles for the Christmas holidays.
According to the spare parts dealers, they are currently adjusting prices due to the current appreciation of the cedi against the dollar.
“We, therefore, want Ghanaians to disregard the propaganda that the GPRTU is waging as it has been their tradition over the years whenever they are called upon to reduce transport fares.
“We wish to let the public know that prices of Spare Parts have been adjusted to respond to the appreciation of the cedi and would urge all customers to go directly to the shops and buy from,” the statement concluded
Read the full statement below
