According to the True Drivers Union, one method commercial drivers are protecting themselves from the country's skyrocketing fuel prices is by charging more to transport bags.Commercial drivers claim that the increase in the price of moving bags on many of their routes across the nation is the new cash source that drivers are investigating.

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In recent years, the cost of moving bags has risen above transportation fares, according to the union's public relations officer, Yaw Barimah.Mr Barimah made this disclosure while reacting to the call by the Association of Passengers in Ghana for transport fares to be reduced following the reduction of prices at the pumps.He spoke on the Ghana Yensom morning show hosted by Odehyieba Kofi Essuman on Accra 100.5 FM on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

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"If it had not been for this innovation on the part of commercial drivers we would be pushing for a rise in transport fares today," he narrated."It is this that has kept drivers going in the face of the fuel price hikes in the country since May 2022," he added.It is, however, not clear if this action on the part of commercial drivers is contributing to food inflation in the country.

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The cost of food on the market is soaring with market women attributing it to the cost of transport

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