On the back of the anger and unsettled conversations about the fuel hike which Ghanaians have to once again deal with, a Member of Parliament has literally told complaining Ghanaians to piss off—and swallow the prices as they come.
The MP for Ketu North and Chairman of the Finance Committee,-James Klutse Avedzi lambasted Ghanaians for complaining about the unending increasing prices of fuel—saying, if Ghanaians can’t afford fuel, they should park their cars and use the local transport system-trotro.
Interestingly, the MP forgot the fact that ‘trotro’ also runs on fuel which means an increase in the price of fuel would correspondingly affect the fares.
According KasapaFm:

He said if users of private vehicles can’t afford to buy fuel to service their carsdue to the introduction of new taxes, nothing stops them from joining ‘trotro’ (commercial cars) or public transport to work and other places they so desire.
“In UK, not everyone has a car. Many use public transport. Even if we charge 30% on fuel and you can’t pay just park your car. Once you want to use your private car, then you have to pay,” he was quoted as saying on Amansan Radio Tuesday morning.
In December 2015, the government introduced a 27% tax increment on fuel prices following the passage of the Energy Sector Levies Bill, 2015, into an Act by Parliament.
The intent of the Bill, according to government sources was to restructure, renationalize and consolidate energy sector levies to promote the prudent and efficient utilization of proceeds derived from the levies to facilitate sustainable long term investments in the energy sector.