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The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU), Abbas Imoro, has said most drivers are increasing transport fares everyday due to the constant increases in fuel prices at the fuel stations.

According to him, he has not asked Public transport 'Trotro' drivers to increase their prices by 10% more after a recent 19% increment on the 26th of October.

"On 26th October, we issued a communique that we've increased fares by 19% but we asked our drivers to put it on hold so we educate the General Public first. So on Saturday, 29th October, most of them started implementing it," Abass Imoro said in an interview on Peace FM's 6pm News Bulletin, Wednesday with Yaa Konamah.

In an interview with some drivers and commuters at Lapaz in the Greater Accra by Peace FM reporters; Dorcas Okyere and Mavis Ayensu, fares have been increased again by a further 10% due to the increase in fuel prices.

Abbas Imoro said due to the unstable increment of prices at the fuel stations, it has become extremely difficult for the Union to control most of their drivers as well as some of the drivers who don't belong to the GPRTU.

He said it has become extremely difficult to control the haphazard increase of lorry fares by the drivers as they are really suffering with the recent economic distress.

"Most drivers are not members of the GPRTU so you can't control everyone," he explained.

He said most drivers are tired of the 'control price' regime as they want to be free like the fuel stations who have different prices suiting them.