Commercial buses popularly known as Trotros in Ghana have decided to reduce the number of passengers they carry per row by one.
The vehicles will now have only two passengers on each row rather than the usual three and the big buses will have three passengers on a row.
This was announced by the Ghana Private Road Transport Union and it takes effect from Thursday, March 26, 2020.
The move is part of efforts by the Union to ensure social distancing in the fight against Coronavirus.
Industrial Relations Officer of the Greater Accra branch of the GPRTU, Mr Abass Ibrahim Moro, said the number of passengers can be further reduced if the government assists drivers to reduce cost of operations.
“We are worried about the coronavirus and the way we load our vehicles – shoulder-by-shoulder – and we’ve come out with a suggestion that the government should see what it can do [to help us].
“On our own, we’ve asked our drivers to effective from tomorrow [Thursday, 26 March], the three sitting capacity should be reduced to two while the four sitting capacity should be reduced to three”, he said on Class FM.
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union is also asking government to reduce fuel prices for commercial drivers to enable them reduce the number of passengers they carry.
