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Tanker Drivers Halt Indefinite Nationwide Strike

Tanker Drivers call of their sit home strike after their remuneration policy framework got adopted.

The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has called off its sit-down strike after meeting with all stakeholders, citing poor working conditions as the reason for the protest.

They said the new remuneration framework had been adopted and would be implemented by the end of June 2024.

This comes at the back of the tanker drivers announcing an indefinite sit-down strike on Tuesday, May 21 demanding improved conditions of service, particularly in terms of remuneration.

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At a press conference on Tuesday the protesters stated that despite an agreed policy framework to enhance their salaries and working conditions, pending since November 2023, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the sector Ministry have refused to implement it.

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Experts estimated that the strike could have halted the transportation of over 400 million litres of fuel from various petroleum loading terminals across the country and could affect approximately 3.5 million consumers nationwide in the coming days.

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