Video: Passenger dies after engaging in fight with trotro mate over fare increment

A young man yet to be identified has lost his life while in a fistfight with a commercial bus conductor well known as “mate” over the increment of transport fares.

There has been a nineteen percent (19%) increment in transport fares all over the country after prices of fuel increased again.

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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has disclosed that the Union will increase transport fares by 19% effective October 29. The General Secretary of the Union, Godfred Abulbire says that the increment is due to the recent hikes in fuel prices coupled with the galloping inflation and the current depreciation of the Cedi.

Some passengers have been in a heated argument with the bus conductor since the price of fares was increased to 19%. While some drivers and trotro mates are collecting more than the fares, others have also complied with the appropriate fares to be taken.

A young man said to have indulged in a fistfight with a trotro mate allegedly died after the mate punched him to the ground. According to eyewitnesses, the passenger was angry because an amount of GHc2 was added to the old fare which he found absurd, hence his fight with the mate.

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Source: www.ghbase.com

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