The Ghana Road Transport Coordination Council (GRTCC) has called on law enforcement agencies to intervene to stop errant drivers from charging unapproved transport fares. The GRTCC said the key stakeholders responsible for the adjustment of transport fares based on certain factors had not fixed any new fares for commuters yet. The General Secretary of the […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112), which imposes a levy on carbon dioxide equivalent emissions on internal combustion engine vehicles will come into effect tomorrow – February 1, 2024. The Emissions Levy is in line with the government’s efforts aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions to […]
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has instructed its members to hold off on the planned increase in transport fares. The union had initially proposed a 20% upward adjustment in fares starting January 24, 2024. The drivers attributed the move to the increasing cost of spare parts and other logistics essential for their activities, […]
President Akufo-Addo has appointed Mrs. Yvonne Nana Afriyie Opare as the new Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL). This follows the retirement of Pamela Djamson-Tettey from the position after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60. Madam Djamson Tettey took over on February 18, 2022 after Mr Yaw Kwakwa submitted his resignation […]
Traders have called on the government to take urgent steps to reduce fuel prices to mitigate the economic hardships they currently face. According to the traders, the continued increment in fuel prices had increased the cost of transporting foodstuffs from the farm gates in the rural areas to urban markets. They also said middlemen who […]
The Minister for Transport, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has sent a note of caution to the consortium of contractors working on the Boankra Inland Port Project, especially, the Ghanaian partner, to maintain focus and deliver quality work to justify the confidence reposed in indigenous contractors by the President of the Republic. According to him, the […]
The Minister for Transport, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has called on all Ghanaians, especially, stakeholders in the transport sector, to come together and work to reduce road accidents in the country to the barest minimum as the country goes to the polls on December 7 with Christmas festivities also just around the corner. He has […]
Ghana has over the last couple of years lost almost 10% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through road accidents, the Minister for Transport, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has revealed. Statistics from the National Road Safety Authority indicate that road traffic accidents cost the West African nation 1.6% of GDP annually which translates into about […]
The Ministry of Transport on Friday (March 20) donated a number of sanitary items to some road transport operating companies, with a call from the Sector Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah to the operators not to abuse the privilege granted them to carry more than 25 passengers on a vehicle. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic […]
Transport Minister, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has announced that the contractor selected for the construction of the Boankra Inland Port in the Ashanti region, will be made known on Friday, February 14, 2020, when the government meets the transactional advisers for the project, PwC. Mr. Asiamah, speaking at a town hall meeting by the government in […]
The Minister of Transport, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has passionately appealed to the Clergy and the leadership of the Muslim Community to actively participate in the fight against road accidents, believing that their involvement will help reduce the menace which has become a headache for successive governments. According to the Minister, the rate at which […]
The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that under the revised Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), it will become mandatory for ships and ports to exchange data electronically from April 2019. Mr. Kilack Lim says this will be done on the back of the single window concept which […]
