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Written by Horatio Bobby Willie
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
Government in collaboration with the Transport Union has released a new approved transport fare for Monrovia and its environs.
Under the new transport fares, anyone traveling from Central Monrovia to Red Light will pay 45 Liberian dollars and the bus fare is 30 Liberian dollars.
From Duala to Central Monrovia will cost 30 dollars in taxi and bus will be 15 dollars while from Barnesville junction to Broad Street will cost 35 dollars in taxi and 25 dollars in a bus.
Commerce Minister Frances Johnson Morris said the new transport fares take immediate effect.
Speaking at a joint news conference, Minister Johnson-Morris clarified that the current fares being charged by commercial drivers are illegal.
The joint news conference was hosted by the Ministries of Commerce and Transport.
The Commerce Minister said the new fares structure reflects a twelve percent increase in the current price of petroleum products on the market.
Transport Minister Jackson Doe warned of penalties for commercial drivers who will violate the new fares structure.
Minister Doe said government took into consideration the necessary economic variables before announcing the new fares.
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