DOSSIER: Fuel price increases

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

• 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)
• Think-tank warns OMCs against violating NPA act (2020-03-21)
• 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)
• NDC call for fuel price reduction misplaced, premature – NPA (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)
• COPEC demands immediate government intervention in stabilizing fuel prices (2020-01-04)
• 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)
• COPEC fights NPA over alleged plans to increase fuel prices (2019-12-16)
• 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)
• Overnight fuel hikes: COPEC raises alarm (2019-12-09)
• Things are hard, cut fuel price – Drivers to Akufo-Addo (2019-12-09)
• Reduce LPG price - Chief urges government (2019-10-25)
• Africa cannot replace fossil fuel with renewable energy – Researcher (2019-10-14)
• NDC increased electricity tariff by 166% – Bawumia justifies increment (2019-10-03)
• Bawumia’s justification for tariff hikes petty - Edem Agbana (2019-10-03)
• Increases in fuel prices, utility tariffs too much for consumers – Kofi Kapito (2019-10-02)
• Reduce age limit for ‘trotro’ drivers – GPRTU to Transport Ministry (2019-09-26)
• Businesses worry over possible fuel price hike (2019-09-19)
• Comply with new fares – Transport Ministry urges Ghanaians (2019-09-16)
• Fuel prices to go up again – IES predicts (2019-09-16)
• Find out how much more you will be paying as transport fare (2019-09-15)
• We are not increasing prices over rise in transport fares – GUTA (2019-09-12)
• Transport fares to go up by 10% (2019-09-11)
• Fuel prices go up 50% in 32 months - IES (2019-09-08)
• ‘Ghanaians are suffering, reduce the fuel prices’ – Petroleum workers union begs government (2019-09-08)
• Transport fares to go up soon – GPRTU (2019-09-05)
• Transport fares to go up soon – GPRTU (2019-09-05)
• Increase in petroleum prices unacceptable — NDC (2019-09-05)
• NPP gov’t has developed so much appetite for taxation – Minority (2019-09-05)
• Kwesi Pratt blames petrol prices hike on 'lazy' attitude of politicians (2019-09-05)
• Fuel price hikes, Akufo-Addo gov't insensitive to Ghanaians – NDC (2019-09-04)
• Fuel hikes: Akufo-Addo is 'insensitive, dishonest' – Group (2019-09-03)
• 'Callous' fuel hikes 'unacceptable'; Akufo-Addo 'clueless, deceitful' – NDC (2019-09-03)
• NDC demands 'immediate' removal of hikes in energy sector levies (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)
• BDCs predict 2% drop in fuel prices (2019-08-22)
• GPRTU calls for calm after meeting over possible increase in fares (2019-08-03)
• Fuel under-delivery: More OMCs to compensate consumers - COPEC (2019-07-16)
• 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)
• Special Prosecutor, CHRAJ to assist PIAC to fight misuse of petroleum funds (2019-06-25)
• 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)
• Frimps Oil denies 'cheating' customers (2019-06-16)
• Our stations did not deliberately cheat consumers – GOIL (2019-06-13)
• GOIL, Shell, Frimps, Allied Oil cheating customers – GSA (2019-06-13)
• Petroleum prices likely to see marginal increase in coming days - IES (2019-06-04)
• 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 to further increase if cedi depreciation continues – OMCs warn (2019-03-14)
• Fuel prices up 4 percent (2019-03-08)
• Fuel prices up; cross GHC5 mark (2019-03-08)
• Fuel prices increase; crosses 5 cedis mark (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)
• Government establishes fiscal, financial stability councils (2019-01-07)
• Fuel prices to go down further – Hadzide (2018-12-17)
• 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)
• Government says drop in inflation, fuel prices sign of better days ahead (2018-12-16)
• 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)
• Fuel prices to reduce further from next week (2018-12-14)
• Petrol prices drop (2018-12-04)
• Petroleum Commission ready to name and shame cheating companies (2018-11-28)
• 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)
• Ras Mubarak to ride bicycle to Parliament in protest against fuel price hikes (2018-11-06)
• Wrongful petroleum holding cash payments to GRA unacceptable – PIAC (2018-11-06)
• 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)
• No increases in transport fares – GPRTU clarifies (2018-10-30)
• Stop misleading the public on stabilization Levy - IES ‘exposes’ Tampuli (2018-10-30)
• Three driver unions increase fares (2018-10-29)
• Three driver unions increase fares (2018-10-29)
• NPA moves to halt leaky fuel tankers (2018-10-27)
• NPA to conduct integrity assessment of underground petroleum storage tanks (2018-10-27)
• No significant drop in petroleum prices next month - IES predicts (2018-10-26)
• NPA stops over 90% of fuel diversions (2018-10-25)
• Fuel prices to go down - NPA (2018-10-25)
• Fuel price hike: Trotro drivers to increase fares from Monday (2018-10-25)
• 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)
• Fuel prices up again; NPA blames international market (2018-10-23)
• They don’t care about us – Kofi Kapito slams ‘unannounced’ fuel price hikes (2018-10-23)
• Drivers angry over latest hike in fuel prices (2018-10-22)
• Oil prices drop after IMF’s review of global economic growth (2018-10-11)
• 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)
• Demo looms over hikes in prices of petroleum products (2018-09-25)
• Fuel price hikes not what you promised – TUC berates government (2018-09-25)
• High fuel prices not what NPP promised Ghanaians - TUC (2018-09-24)
• Government has mismanaged Fiscal Stabilization Levy – Suhuyini (2018-09-24)
• 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)
• Possible fuel shortages to hit the country next week as tanker drivers strike (2018-09-22)
• MP chides ‘incompetent’ Amewu over fuel price comment (2018-09-21)
• 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)
• ACEP backs calls for removal of some fuel taxes (2018-09-20)
• More fuel hikes coming – IES (2018-09-20)
• Akufo-Addo engaging in “dwarf trade” – Baba Jamal (2018-09-20)
• We won’t scrap petrol tax – Amin (2018-09-20)
• You'd have paid 10% more under Mahama - Amewu defends fuel prices (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)
• ‘We’re taxing responsibly on fuel’ – Amin Adam (2018-09-20)
• Minority to campaign vigorously against special petroleum tax (2018-09-20)
• FLASHBACK: Mahama’s government insensitive to fuel price increment – Akufo-Addo (2018-09-19)
• Find alternatives to ease burden of fuel price hikes – COPEC (2018-09-19)
• Scrap special petroleum tax to bring fuel prices down – Minority (2018-09-19)
• Fuel Hike: Drivers to spit fire at Akufo-Addo (2018-09-18)
• Drivers outraged over latest hike in fuel prices (2018-09-18)
• Reduce impact of fuel price hikes on us – GPTRU to government (2018-09-18)
• Transport fares likely to go up – Driver Unions hint (2018-09-18)
• Drivers lament over GH¢5 fuel prices (2018-09-18)
• Politicians have failed to cushion consumers from fuel price hikes - Senyo Hosi (2018-09-18)
• Expect more fuel price increases over cedi woes – Energy Institute (2018-09-18)
• Fuel prices to hit 5 cedis per litre (2018-09-15)
• Let's dialogue on fuel prices – COPEC (2018-08-20)
• COPEC calls for national dialogue on 'sustained' fuel price increases (2018-08-20)
• Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors clashes with NPA over tax evasion saga (2018-07-25)
• NPA suspends 8 OMCs, BDCs for illegal activities (2018-07-24)
• Union Oil, 7 others suspended for tax evasion (2018-07-24)
• NPA to issue licences to gas bottling plants in July (2018-06-29)
• Ghana risks losing FDI over GNPC’s $50m ‘loan’ to MoF (2018-06-16)
• Cost of fuel could hit GHC5.50 by end of year - Former GNPC CEO (2018-06-12)
• 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)
• Use mid-year budget to reduce petroleum taxes further – COPEC (2018-05-31)
• We haven’t increased fares – GPRTU (2018-05-28)
• Petroleum receipts hit US$4bn (2018-05-24)
• OMCs are collapsing because of fuel smuggling - Kwaku Agyemang Duah (2018-05-22)
• Experts predict 3% fuel price rise (2018-05-20)
• Fuel pices to shoot up again – IES (2018-04-16)
• Fuel to go up by 2.5% – IES (2018-04-16)
• Fuel prices increase by 1.5 percent in April (2018-04-06)
• 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)
• Deal with ‘greedy’ cartel in petroleum chain to check oil prices – BOST staff (2018-04-03)
• Powerful cartel dictating fuel prices – BOST staff (2018-04-03)
• No significant increase in fuel prices - IES (2018-03-17)
• Fuel prices to remain unchanged in coming weeks - IES (2018-03-15)
• Petroleum prices to drop by 3% in March (2018-03-01)
• Kwesi Pratt lambasts government over failure to scrap Special Petroleum Tax (2018-02-18)
• IES slams ‘insignificant’ 2% Special Petroleum Tax reduction (2018-02-16)
• 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)
• Scrap 15% Special Petroleum Tax – IES (2018-02-13)
• COPEC intensifies pressure on NPA over 15% petroleum tax, threatens another protest (2018-02-11)
• NPA bows to COPEC pressure: 15% petroleum tax soon to be made ‘specific amount’ (2018-02-10)
• NPA bows to COPEC pressure; 15% petroleum tax soon to be made ‘specific amount’ (2018-02-10)
• Fuel prices: Meet Ghanaians halfway; stop firefighting approach - Baako advises gov't (2018-02-10)
• We’re unhappy about President’s silence on fuel hikes - COPEC (2018-02-10)
• Our interventions have prevented fuel price hike - NPA (2018-02-08)
• 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)
• Special Petroleum tax no more useful; scrap it – Kofi Buah (2018-02-08)
• Scrap special petroleum tax – Wereko-Brobby urges government (2018-02-08)
• Ghana's fuel price politics (2018-02-07)
• ‘Scrap Special petroleum tax, it’s no longer relevant’ – Minority supports fuel demo (2018-02-07)
• ‘Scrap Special petroleum tax, it’s no longer relevant’ – Minority supports fuel demo (2018-02-07)
• Scrap special petroleum tax – Wereko-Brobby urges gov't (2018-02-07)
• COPEC, ICU protest over high fuel prices (2018-02-07)
• Scrapping fuel taxes will ‘collapse’ government’s revenue structure – NPA (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)
• Fuel prices to increase between 3 and 5% (2018-01-16)
• GPRTU, Transport Ministry to deliberate on new transport fares (2018-01-14)
• I’m prepared to school NPP on better fuel pricing methods – Duncan Amoah (2017-12-06)
• Fuel prices: Jinapor warns government over Price Stabilization Levy reduction (2017-12-04)
• 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)
• Fuel prices to remain unchanged - IES (2017-10-31)
• Fuel prices likely to drop in second pricing-window of October - IES (2017-10-16)
• Fuel stations to undergo electrical wiring audit (2017-10-15)
• 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)
• Taxes choke fuel prices - Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (2017-09-26)
• 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)
• Depreciating cedi blamed for increase in fuel prices (2017-04-04)
• 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)
• OMCs yet to reduce prices as Goil’s prices drop by 1% (2017-03-16)
• 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)
• Fuel prices remain unchanged (2014-01-04)