Bolt drivers in Koforidua are still holding on to the strike action
they began on Sunday, March 6.
They are demanding an upward adjustment of base fare from GH¢8 to GH¢10 and a decrease in commission from their management.
Leadership of Bolt drivers announced their strike action on Sunday, claiming their management have refused to listen to their several pleas.
They cited bad pricing in spite of fuel increment, high commission on drivers’ earning, unexplained irregular activities on the Bolt application as factors that cause drivers to make losses.
Mr Bernard Arthur PRO for Ghana Online Drivers Association in an interview with Bohye Afriyie on plan B Fm’s Ebanoosen revealed that unlike others the online drivers in spite increment of fuel prices still work with their old fare.
He said that there are three major apps they work with, which are Yango, Uber, and Bolt and all these apps are more concern about getting more riders on board so they tend to do things that will attract more riders to their App.
He added that they are the major stakeholders and must be treated as such because the only means they are able to communicate with these apps is through email which takes “years” to be responded to.
He concluded that the only means the pricing problem can be solved is the government releasing a price list that should be used by all apps other wise if one responds to their grievances the other won’t and it will cause all riders moving to the app with the cheapest pricing.
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