Transport fares in Cameroon have been officially increased in response to the 15% increase in the prices of petroleum products made by the Government at the start of February 2024.
This is the major recommendation arrived at in a meeting between some Government Ministers and Road Transport Trade Unionists which was held on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at the headquarters of the Hydrocarbons Price Stabilization Fund in Yaoundé.
The first recommendation from the meeting confirmed the 15% increase of Petroleum products at delivery units in towns depending on the weight of the fuel in the units.
Increase by 15% of transport floor prices of goods negotiated in common accord between transporters and cargo owners depending on the nature of the cargo.
Proceed with an urgent increase in the prices of urban, semi-urban, and interurban transport fares to absorb the impact of the fuel increase at fueling stations.
Another meeting between the Transport Trade Unionists and the Minister of Transport was scheduled for
Monday, February 19, 2024, to urgently finalize a concertation linked to other transport issues.
Other recommendations arrived at, during the meeting were the urgent resolution of altercations between transporters and uniform men at control posts, the examination of taxes and customs duties levied during the importation of spare parts, the authorization to circulate with receipts of car registration documents, and the immediate lifting of the strike action earlier announced by transporters by joining concertation efforts initiated by the government.
On behalf of the Government were the Ministers of Trade, Labor and social security, transport and of water resource and energy, including the General Manager of the Hydrocarbons Price Stabilization Fund and representatives of the General Delegate of National Security and the Secretary of state in charge of the National Gendarmerie.
The Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana had rejected a unilateral increase in the prices of urban, semi-urban, and inte
rurban transport fares imposed by some transporters since the Government decided to increase prices of petroleum products by 15%, calling on them to join the government’s concertation efforts.
Source: Cameroon News Agency
The Coalition of Muslims Organizations in Ghana (COMOG) says Muslims in the country are in high expectation of the passage of the Proper Human Right and Ghanaian Family Values by Parliament.
The Coalition, in a statement, asked all Muslims who were desirous of following proceedings to join the executives of the COMOG at Parliament House to witness the great occasion that signified victory for the Muslim community (Ummah).
The statement said the passage would be a victory for COMOG and the Muslims in Ghana.
The Organisation said Muslims, under the leadership of COMOG, had already held a meeting with the Speaker of Parliament in the latter part of last year to push for the passage of the bill.
‘In our expectation of an honour for the invaluable contributions of Muslims in this struggle, it is our hope that the speaker of Parliament will clad in the regalia donated to him by COMOG so as to establish the true meaning in the fight against the obnoxious practice of LGBTQI+,” the statement said.
Source: Ghan
a News Agency
