Tamale: Some public transport operators in Tamale have reduced fares by 10 and five per cent instead of the 15 per cent announced by the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) last week. Some of the transport operators are yet to fully comply with the new fare directives by GPRTU.

According to Ghana News Agency, some drivers explained that their decision not to comply with the mother union’s instruction was because of high cost of spare parts. Mr. Ali Mumuni, Station Officer at Kpandi lorry station in Tamale, on behalf of the drivers, appealed to spare parts dealers to reduce prices of spare parts to enable them to also reduce the fares to 15 per cent.

Some passengers expressed dissatisfaction over the refusal of some drivers to comply with the new fares’ directive by the GPRTU. Alhaji Salifu Mashahad, Northern Regional Secretary at the GPRTU, stated that the Union has served its members letters since last week to reduce transport fares to the recommended 15 per cent. He added that the Union was following up to ensure that by the end of this week, all the transport operators would have complied with the new transport fare directives.