The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana, Nana Yaw Kwakye, has disclosed that if prices of the commodity do not fall in line with the current economic hardship in the country, they will have no other option than to storm the residence of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the residence of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to register their displeasure against the daily skyrocketing fuel prices and with a naked demonstration at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the country capital.
The drivers released the hint following the projection by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) that the petrol price of petrol will be hitting the GHS10-mark while that of diesel will be nearing the GHS11-mark pet litre before the end of 2022.
According to the drivers, it will be unfair for the government to link the current predicament with the Russia-Ukraine war nor the fall of the cedi against the dollar.
“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,” they said
However, the drivers reminded President Nana Akufo-Addo 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 in opposition, he promised, 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 said.
Meanwhile, a one-week ultimatum have been given to the President and his government to reduce the price of petrol.
“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.”
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