DOSSIER: Fuel price increases

Under the current arrangement, fuel prices are reviewed every two weeks in line with developments on the world market.

• Fuel prices to remain stable despite hostile external factors - IES predicts (2021-07-21)
• Fuel prices may remain stable in the second pricing window of July – IES (2021-07-19)
• CSOs satisfied with workout by BOST in Bolgatanga (2021-07-11)
• Fuel prices to increase marginally – IES (2021-06-30)
• Two percent fuel price increment expected from July 1 (2021-06-29)
• Three driver unions announce fare hikes following fuel price increase (2021-06-22)
• Fuel prices to hit GH¢7 per litre by close of year – IES predicts (2021-06-21)
• Fuel prices goes up again by 3 percent (2021-06-19)
• We’ve decided not to increase our fares - Kaneshie Tarkwa, Takoradi Station (2021-06-18)
• Deputy Minister-designate lauds PRMA for transparency in petroleum sector (2021-06-11)
• New Transportation Fares: Commuters worried about 13% increment (2021-06-08)
• 13 percent increment in transport fares ‘nothing’ – Drivers (2021-06-07)
• Challenge drivers to display new fare list – GPRTU tells passengers (2021-06-07)
• Transport fare hike shows how insensitive Akufo-Addo’s Govt is – Yamin (2021-06-03)
• New transport fares will be an add-on to the layer of cost – GUTA president (2021-06-03)
• 13% transport fare hike 'insult' to us – Concerned drivers (2021-06-03)
• Oil Marketing Companies can’t fix fuel prices higher than NPA’s schedule (2021-06-03)
• Know your new transport fares (2021-06-03)
• Impact of transport fare on the cost of living (2021-06-03)
• We’re not in bed with government over 13% fuel hike – GRTTC (2021-06-03)
• Rising fuel prices, new taxes likely to keep policy rate static – Analysts (2021-05-31)
• Increasing transport fares will not help – Drivers lament (2021-05-19)
• Check suspected OMCs to curb diversion, tax evasion – Dr. Kwabena Donkor to NPA (2021-05-18)
• Our members not part of 20% hike in transport fares - GPRTU (2021-05-17)
• Fuel prices to shoot up again from May 17 (2021-05-16)
• LPG marketers fear losing GH¢60 million investment (2021-05-14)
• Transport fare review meeting deadlocked (2021-05-13)
• Tax, fuel hikes seen increasing inflation modestly after April (2021-05-12)
• Koforidua GPRTU urges drivers to remain calm over fuel adjustment (2021-05-08)
• Fuel increment doesn't affect our pricing - Abossey Okai Spare parts dealers (2021-05-07)
• Scrap obsolete 8 pesewas fuel marking margin – Dr. Kwabena Donkor to NPA (2021-05-07)
• It's 'illicit, unacceptable' to hike fares by 40% – Alliance of Drivers (2021-05-07)
• Tamale Pragia drivers and passengers fighting over 50% fare increment (2021-05-06)
• Don’t increase transports fares yet – Drivers told (2021-05-06)
• Brace for tougher times as transport fares set to go up (2021-05-06)
• New transport fares are yet to be determined – Transport Unions (2021-05-06)
• GOIL takes giant step into bitumen production (2021-05-06)
• COPEC demands review of deregulation system (2021-05-05)
• Fuel prices increased (2021-05-05)
• Driver unions peg fare increment at 40% (2021-05-05)
• Fuel Price reduction: Govt considered coronavirus impact on Ghanaians - Energy Ministry (2021-05-05)
• Transport operators urged not to increase fares arbitrarily (2021-05-05)
• Transport unions to increase fares despite reduction in fuel prices (2021-05-05)
• GPRTU to release new lorry fares with 17pesewas fuel margin (2021-05-05)
• COPEC dissatisfied with level of reduction in fuel price (2021-05-05)
• NPA reduces fuel price by 8 pesewas per litre effective May 5 (2021-05-05)
• Withdraw nuisance, insensitive margins on petroleum products – IES to government (2021-05-04)
• Timing of fuel price increment bad - Energy Expert (2021-05-04)
• Fuel price increment unjustifiable – IES (2021-05-04)
• Non-GPRTU drivers to hike fares by 40% as GPRTU considers 'reasonable' increase (2021-05-04)
• BOST rejects IES’ ‘twisted interpretation’ of margin increment (2021-05-04)
• Fuel margins reduced to 9 pesewas (2021-05-04)
• May Day can’t be a good day when new taxes come into force - EFL to government (2021-05-03)
• Withdraw ‘insensitive’ increased levies on margins of petroleum products – IES to government (2021-05-02)
• Withdraw ‘insensitive’ increased levies on margins of petroleum products – IES to gov’t (2021-05-02)
• Ghanaians will be poorer if fuel taxes are not reversed - Head of Research at COPEC (2021-05-02)
• Expect an increment in transport fares from May 5 – GRPTU tells commuters (2021-05-01)
• Withdraw increased margins on petroleum products - IES (2021-05-01)
• Sludge Dealers appeal to President Akufo-Addo to validate oil from Nigeria (2021-04-28)
• AOMC supports Government stands against third-party fuel supplies (2021-04-21)
• We have the infrastructure to take on extra tasks - Strategic Mobilisation (2021-04-15)
• Institute for Energy Security projects reduction in diesel price (2021-04-15)
• NPA should closely monitor petroleum products digitally – Energy Expert (2021-04-13)
• IES forecasts fuel price stability throughout second half of April 2021 (2021-04-13)
• Strategic Mobilisation saves Ghana GH¢1 billion in revenue (2021-04-10)
• Leakages in petroleum product distribution worrying – Bawumia (2021-04-08)
• Government lost GH¢4.7 billion in taxes to illegal petroleum sector activities – Bawumia (2021-04-08)
• Halt distribution of petroleum products to OMCs that evade tax – Dr Bawumia (2021-04-08)
• IES expects fuel prices to remain fairly stable in April (2021-03-29)
• Drivers suspend intended fare hike but hint at cost-sharing once budget passed (2021-03-19)
• Expect new fare increment after Parliament approves 2021 budget – GPRTU to commuters (2021-03-18)
• Concerned Drivers Association, True Drivers Union suspend intended transport fare increment (2021-03-18)
• COPEC kicks against new taxes on fuel products (2021-03-16)
• Drivers and passengers kick against new fuel levies in 2021 budget (2021-03-16)
• Taxes on fuel products short-sighted, lazy – Wereko-Brobby chides government (2021-03-16)
• Petroleum price increase, shocking and disappointing - COPEC (2021-03-15)
• Drivers to hike transport fares Thursday (2021-03-15)
• Transport fares must be linked to fuel price adjustment - Drivers (2021-03-13)
• COPEC calls for a review of fuel prices which has gone up four times in two months (2021-02-26)
• Fuel quality policy in the offing (2021-02-26)
• We’ve suspended 10% increment of transport fares - Association (2021-02-22)
• Fuel price increment: Akufo-Addo government insensitive - John Jinapor (2021-02-21)
• Don’t increase transport fares – GPRTU to drivers (2021-02-18)
• Coronavirus: Cut fuel price to enable trotro social-distancing - MP to gov’t (2021-02-16)
• Fuel prices to go up marginally - IES (2021-02-13)
• Fuel prices to increase marginally – IES analysis (2021-02-12)
• COPEC hints on hike in fuel price at various pumps (2021-02-10)
• Fuel prices quadruple in last decade largely due to cedi depreciation and taxes - IES (2021-02-08)
• Reduce fuel prices to enable drivers limit number of passengers – UPSA Lecturer (2021-02-02)
• Fuel prices to increase slightly in first pricing window of February 2021 – IES projects (2021-02-01)
• Fuel prices to increase by over 2 percent from next week (2021-01-29)
• Find solutions to stop disturbing fuel price hikes – COPEC to government (2021-01-17)
• Fuel prices to increase by 3.12 percent from next week (2021-01-15)
• Fuel prices to increase marginally in first pricing window of January 2021 – IES (2021-01-06)
• Fuel deregulation exercise did not help Ghana – Energy Expert (2020-12-25)
• Fuel prices to go up between 3-5 percent – IES predicts (2020-12-12)
• IES predicts fuel price drop for first pricing window of November 2020 (2020-11-20)
• Cost of fuel to go down in November – IES predicts (2020-11-18)
• IES forecasts fuel stability in second half of October 2020 (2020-10-21)
• Passengers lament intermittent changes in transport fares (2020-10-05)
• Transport Minister wants GPHA’s €165k written off after German consultant dies (2020-09-10)
• Fuel prices to rise slightly in the 1st half of September – IES (2020-09-01)
• Insist for the 10-litre can if you doubt the fuel served you – COPEC to drivers (2020-08-22)
• 'I'm not interfering in GPRTU elections' – Titus-Glover (2020-08-20)
• Transport operators, passengers fight over fares needless (2020-07-29)
• Transport fares to drop by 10% from August 1 (2020-07-28)
• Allowing transport operators to operate at full capacity is bad - Kennedy Agyapong (2020-07-28)
• Reduce fares now - COPEC to transport operators (2020-07-27)
• ‘Transport fares reduction not a bad call’ - Oppong Nkrumah (2020-07-27)
• We’ll reduce transport fares - GPRTU (2020-07-27)
• We will not accept calls for transport fare reduction - Drivers (2020-07-27)
• Cap petroleum taxes to widen tax net - Petroleum Chamber to government (2020-07-17)
• Fuel prices may surge by approximately 1.5% - IES (2020-07-16)
• Reduce fuel prices – NDC to govt (2020-07-14)
• Coronavirus: Crude oil revenue down 15%, poverty up – Gatsi (2020-07-13)
• 15% increment in transport fares inadequate – Sofoline drivers (2020-07-10)
• Transport Ministry merely piling unnecessary hardship on Ghanaians – COPEC on transport increment (2020-07-09)
• Immediately withdraw the 15% increment on fares - COPEC 'orders' Transport Ministry (2020-07-09)
• Transport fares increment: Government is insensitive - Minority (2020-07-08)
• We’ll work with 30% increment – True Drivers Union snubs Government (2020-07-08)
• We’ll work with 30% increment – True Drivers Union snubs govt (2020-07-08)
• 15% hike in transport fares to kick-off Saturday but GPRTU unhappy, wanted 50% increment (2020-07-08)
• COPEC urges govt to ‘cushion’ transport operators (2020-07-07)
• Transport fares up by 15% effective July 11 (2020-07-07)
• Implement a fuel subsidy scheme for commercial vehicle drivers – COPEC to govt (2020-07-06)
• Subsidise fuel for trotro, taxi drivers – COPEC to govt as price jumps (2020-07-06)
• Zimbabwe’s fuel prices rise by 150 percent (2020-06-25)
• Reduce fuel prices now else we’II increase passengers - Drivers (2020-06-24)
• Fuel prices to go up marginally – IES (2020-06-15)
• Government cannot be blamed for increase in fuel prices – Economist (2020-06-05)
• Reduce fuel prices or we increase fares by 20% from June 8 – Drivers to govt (2020-06-04)
• End social distancing in commercial buses, we need our money – GPRTU to govt (2020-06-04)
• GPRTU wants transport fares increased (2020-06-01)
• Fuel prices to remain unchanged for 2nd half of May – IES (2020-05-15)
• Passengers decry Ho to Adaklu transport fare hike (2020-04-29)
• Don’t increase transport fares – Road Transport Operators caution drivers (2020-04-23)
• We don’t expect fuel prices to drop further – COPEC to Government (2020-04-23)
• Reduce fuel prices or we increase fares – Drivers (2020-04-22)
• Fuel prices to drop marginally – IES (2020-04-16)
• Fuel prices to remain unchanged till end of month - IES (2020-04-16)
• Fuel prices to go down 24% - IES (2020-03-31)
• Fuel prices to go down 24% (2020-03-31)
• Reduction in fuel prices non-negotiable – NDC MP (2020-03-31)
• Fuel prices: 63% taxes and margins makes big drop difficult – CBOD (2020-03-22)
• High fuel taxes control fuel prices in Ghana – Puma Energy Ghana MD (2020-03-17)
• Oil price drops again to US$31, fuel prices to reduce today (2020-03-16)
• Fuel prices to fall by 8% (2020-03-15)
• We cannot cut down fuel prices drastically – OMCs (2020-03-13)
• AOMCs responds to calls for slash of fuel prices (2020-03-13)
• GPRTU to meet Transport Ministry over possible reduction in fares (2020-03-12)
• Fuel prices likely to go down by 15% – NPA (2020-03-11)
• Kwesi Pratt, Brogya Genfi call for reduction in fuel prices (2020-03-11)
• It would be criminal if government fails to reduce fuel prices - Sosu (2020-03-10)
• Government does not intervene in fuel pricing – NPA (2020-03-10)
• NDC calls for an immediate reduction in fuel prices (2020-03-09)
• Reduce fuel price immediately – NDC to govt (2020-03-09)
• Ghana to lose huge oil revenue, fuel price to drop marginally - IES (2020-03-09)
• Reduce fuel prices with immediate effect - NDC (2020-03-09)
• GOIL reduces fuel prices (2020-02-23)
• Fall in petrol prices likely soon as price build up turns negative (2020-02-18)
• Fuel prices to drop by 2.5% in February – IES (2020-01-31)
• Today in 2018: Fuel hikes affecting kenkey size – ICU (2020-01-27)
• Fuel prices go up again (2020-01-18)
• Fuel prices go up again (2020-01-18)
• Flashback: Fuel price hike is inevitable – Quashigah (2020-01-15)
• Fuel prices may go up January 15, 16 - COPEC predicts (2020-01-14)
• Fuel prices may go up January 15, 16 - COPEC predicts (2020-01-14)
• Fuel prices to go up in New Year – IES predicts (2019-12-31)
• Fuel prices to go up in New Year – IES predicts (2019-12-31)
• NPA aborts planned fuel increment after Akufo-Addo intervention (2019-12-17)
• Withdraw the ‘insensitive’ increase in fuel prices – COPEC directs NPA (2019-12-16)
• Fuel prices to go up again (2019-12-16)
• COPEC threatens court action over fuel hike (2019-12-16)
• Fuel increment insensitive – GASSOP (2019-12-16)
• Fuel prices to go up again – COPEC hints (2019-12-16)
• Withdraw directive on new fuel price increase in 24hrs – COPEC to NPA (2019-12-16)
• Flashback: Government playing politics with fuel prices – J.J Rawlings (2019-12-12)
• Depreciating cedi cause of fuel hike – Minority (2019-12-09)
• Things are hard, cut fuel price – Drivers to Akufo-Addo (2019-12-09)
• Africa cannot replace fossil fuel with renewable energy – Researcher (2019-10-14)
• NDC increased electricity tariff by 166% – Bawumia justifies increment (2019-10-03)
• Reduce age limit for ‘trotro’ drivers – GPRTU to Transport Ministry (2019-09-26)
• Businesses worry over possible fuel price hike (2019-09-19)
• Fuel prices go up 50% in 32 months - IES (2019-09-08)
• Kwesi Pratt blames petrol prices hike on 'lazy' attitude of politicians (2019-09-05)
• Fuel hikes: Akufo-Addo is 'insensitive, dishonest' – Group (2019-09-03)
• 'Callous' fuel hikes 'unacceptable'; Akufo-Addo 'clueless, deceitful' – NDC (2019-09-03)
• ‘Insensitive’ Akufo-Addo worsening the plights of Ghanaians – NDC (2019-09-03)
• Reduce fuel prices – Group to government (2019-09-02)
• LPG prices to shoot up; petrol, diesel to remain stable – IES (2019-09-01)
• Fuel prices to shoot up by 1.5% (2019-07-15)
• COPEC ready to compensate victims of cheating filling stations (2019-07-03)
• Fuel prices will go up again in two days - Kwesi Pratt (2019-06-26)
• 2 of 10 'cheating fuel stations' still defaulted; COPEC calls for shutdown (2019-06-24)
• IES predicts 3-5% drop in fuel prices (2019-06-18)
• GOIL, Shell, Frimps, Allied Oil cheating customers – GSA (2019-06-13)
• A gallon of fuel to hit GH¢24 in June – IES (2019-05-31)
• Technology will boost fight against petroleum fraudsters - NPA boss (2019-04-23)
• NPA hints of amending Act to clampdown on petroleum smugglers (2019-04-22)
• NDC slams ‘insensitive’ Akufo-Addo government for increasing fuel prices on Easter eve (2019-04-19)
• Fuel prices to go up – IES (2019-04-17)
• Fuel prices up 4 percent (2019-03-08)
• Fuel prices to go up – Institute of Energy Security (2019-02-03)
• We're not interested in collapsing your businesses - NPA replies GLiPGOA (2019-01-18)
• We will still lose money in Sankofa gas deal – ACEP (2019-01-17)
• Fuel prices to decline by 5.8 percent averagely this week (2018-12-17)
• Fuel prices: Price stabilization levy not activated – Hadzide (2018-12-17)
• Stop promising fuel reduction during political campaigns - Senyo Hosi tells politicians (2018-12-17)
• Fuel prices to decline by 5.8 percent averagely this week (2018-12-16)
• Fuel prices to go down 4th time in a row; unprecedented in 30 months – IES declares (2018-12-15)
• Petrol prices drop (2018-12-04)
• Ras Mubarak doesn't value his life - Minister (2018-11-08)
• Mubarak’s 17km bike ride 'cheap populism' – Majority Leader (2018-11-07)
• Riding bicycle to protest against fuel price hike?; Ras Mubarak is 'mad' - Abronye DC (2018-11-07)
• CUTS International calls on government to remove special petroleum tax (2018-11-01)
• Fuel prices to fall between 2-4% in November – IES (2018-10-31)
• Stop misleading the public on stabilization Levy - IES ‘exposes’ Tampuli (2018-10-30)
• NPA moves to halt leaky fuel tankers (2018-10-27)
• NPA to conduct integrity assessment of underground petroleum storage tanks (2018-10-27)
• Fuel prices to go down – NPA (2018-10-25)
• GPRTU drivers call for 30% increase in transport fares (2018-10-25)
• Transport fares up by 20%; starting Monday – True Drivers Union (2018-10-24)
• Transport fares up by 20% (2018-10-24)
• Ghanaians to benefit from drop in world crude prices; appreciation of cedi soon - NPA boss (2018-10-24)
• Ghanaians get best quality petroleum products at lowest prices in West Africa - NPA CEO (2018-10-24)
• Drivers angry over latest hike in fuel prices (2018-10-22)
• Government can reduce fuel prices - PIAC (2018-10-08)
• Fuel prices to be unchanged - Institute for Energy Security (2018-10-02)
• Government is working on petrol pricing – Deputy Energy Minister (2018-09-27)
• Fuel prices: I saw it coming – Terkper (2018-09-25)
• No fuel shortage - NPA assures public (2018-09-24)
• Ghanaians lament over latest fuel price hike as it hits GH¢5 mark (2018-09-23)
• Tanker drivers to strike from Monday over poor working conditions (2018-09-23)
• If your economic fundamentals are weak, fuel prices will expose you – Pratt mocks Bawumia (2018-09-22)
• Amewu on a mission to destroy drivers like he did to galamseyers – Taxi drivers (2018-09-22)
• Gov't terminates 11 Power Purchasing Agreements signed under Mahama (2018-09-21)
• John Jinapor chides ‘incompetent’ Amewu over fuel price comment (2018-09-21)
• More fuel hikes coming – IES (2018-09-20)
• We won’t scrap petrol tax – Amin (2018-09-20)
• Fuel price hikes: Be grateful; you would have paid GHC5.54 per litre – Amewu (2018-09-20)
• Fuel price hike: Thank us for caring – Peter Amewu (2018-09-20)
• Fuel Hike: Drivers to spit fire at Akufo-Addo (2018-09-18)
• Drivers outraged over latest hike in fuel prices (2018-09-18)
• Transport fares likely to go up – Driver Unions hint (2018-09-18)
• Let's dialogue on fuel prices – COPEC (2018-08-20)
• Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors clashes with NPA over tax evasion saga (2018-07-25)
• Ghana risks losing FDI over GNPC’s $50m ‘loan’ to MoF (2018-06-16)
• Government unhappy with rising fuel price – Damoah (2018-06-06)
• Transport fares hike: Prices of goods and services to go up in Kumasi (2018-06-06)
• Expect increase in food prices - Ghana Chamber of Agribusiness warns (2018-06-05)
• GPRTU blames government for transport fare increment (2018-06-05)
• Fare Hike: Report cheating drivers – GPRTU (2018-06-05)
• CBOD proposes special hedging to curtail fuel price increases (2018-06-04)
• Petroleum receipts hit US$4bn (2018-05-24)
• OMCs are collapsing because of fuel smuggling - Kwaku Agyemang Duah (2018-05-22)
• Fuel pices to shoot up again – IES (2018-04-16)
• Fuel to go up by 2.5% – IES (2018-04-16)
• BOST workers union cautions government against cartel in petroleum industry (2018-04-03)
• BOST staff unions speak; caution government of high petroleum prices (2018-04-03)
• Powerful cartel dictating fuel prices – BOST staff (2018-04-03)
• Fuel prices to remain unchanged in coming weeks - IES (2018-03-15)
• Kwesi Pratt lambasts government over failure to scrap Special Petroleum Tax (2018-02-18)
• IES rejects 2% reduction in Special Petroleum Tax (2018-02-16)
• 2% reduction in SPT not enough – Buah (2018-02-16)
• 2% fuel prices reduction is an insult to us – Driver unions (2018-02-16)
• Government cuts petroleum tax to 13% (2018-02-15)
• We’re unhappy about President’s silence on fuel hikes - COPEC (2018-02-10)
• Transport fares will not go up despite increased fuel prices - GPRTU (2018-02-08)
• Reduce the fuel prices or we will increase fares – Drivers to government (2018-02-08)
• Ghana's fuel price politics (2018-02-07)
• COPEC, ICU protest over high fuel prices (2018-02-07)
• Enough of Free SHS; reduce fuel prices or forget 2020 - Drivers warn Akufo-Addo (2018-02-07)
• COPEC demands scraping of Special Petroleum Tax (2018-01-30)
• I’m prepared to school NPP on better fuel pricing methods – Duncan Amoah (2017-12-06)
• Fuel prices remain unchanged days after NPA directed downward review (2017-12-04)
• AOMCs laud government for reducing recovery levy on diesel, LPG (2017-12-04)
• No fuel price cuts; reports misleading – COPEC-GH (2017-12-01)
• Fuel prices cut; LPG levy down 70% (2017-12-01)
• Government fails to reduce petrol prices (2017-11-30)
• Transport union threatens government over fuel price hike (2017-10-10)
• Government should review fuel prices downwards - Kwesi Pratt (2017-10-07)
• Trotro drivers to demonstrate against Akufo-Addo (2017-10-05)
• Fuel prices to stay fairly stable – IES (2017-10-02)
• Government can’t reduce fuel prices - Deputy Energy Minister (2017-09-28)
• Blame Hurricane Harvey, Irma for fuel increment – NPA (2017-09-27)
• Ghanaians are choked with high fuel prices - Jinapor (2017-09-20)
• 3% fuel increment will not affect transport fares – GPRTU (2017-09-19)
• Government cracks down on fuel smugglers (2017-05-03)
• Government must reduce fuel prices – Taxi drivers (2017-04-06)
• Transport fare hikes disappointing – AFAG (2017-04-05)
• We wanted more than 15% increase in fares - Transport unions (2017-04-05)
• Shell stations reduce fuel prices (2017-04-05)
• Increment in transport fares unfortunate and unfair - Oppong Nkrumah (2017-04-04)
• Ayisi Boateng rebels against NPP Government over 15% increment in fares (2017-04-04)
• Fuel prices to reduce further - gov't assures (2017-03-17)
• Fuel prices expected to fall by 3% - IES (2017-03-15)
• No increment in transport fares yet – Transport unions (2017-03-10)
• Fuel prices to remain stable - COPECGH (2017-02-20)
• Takoradi port gets new oil storage facility (2017-02-12)
• Interior Minister blames parliament for “Fulani menace” (2017-02-10)