{"id":89775,"date":"2025-08-14T12:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=89775"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:52:26","slug":"commercial-transport-operators-threaten-protest-over-deplorable-pokuase-nsawam-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=89775","title":{"rendered":"Commercial transport operators threaten protest over deplorable Pokuase\u2013Nsawam road"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of TUC, the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), and other commercial transport operators have issued a one-week ultimatum to the Ministry of Roads and Highways to repair the deteriorating Pokuase\u2013Nsawam road or face a nationwide protest.<\/p>\n

According to the operators, the road\u2019s deplorable state has made it nearly impassable, endangering motorists, commuters, and residents along the stretch. <\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Thursday, August 14, they cautioned that the situation is driving up operational costs due to frequent vehicle repairs, shortened vehicle lifespans, and increased spare part replacements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not just a challenge for commercial transport operators, but for all motorists using this critical corridor to Eastern, Ashanti, and other northern regions,\u201d part of the statement read. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is disrupting daily life and economic activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the group, a recent meeting with the Minister for Roads and Highways ended with a promise to fix the road within six weeks, but that timeline has since elapsed without any visible progress.<\/p>\n

The operators are demanding that the ministry make the repairs a top priority, warning that \u201cIf no meaningful action is taken within one week, the GPRTU of TUC, GRTCC and other commercial transport operators will park our vehicles and embark on a protest against the government till our concerns are addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also called on all affected motorists, commuters, and residents to join the protest, describing it as a civic duty to compel authorities to act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"CommercialThe Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of TUC, the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), and other commercial transport operators have issued a one-week ultimatum to the Ministry of Roads and Highways to repair the deteriorating Pokuase\u2013Nsawam road or face a nationwide protest.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1951,117,6555,10,9,1907,6556],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hp-news-1","category-news","category-pokuase-nsawam-road","category-politics","category-popular","category-regional","category-transport-operators"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}