Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of GOIL Company Limited (GOIL), Kwame Osei Prempeh has disclosed that he had a discussion with the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare on how to assuage the plight of commercial drivers.

He explained that this notwithstanding, government did not direct his outfit to reduce fuel prices.

Speaking on Newfile, on Saturday, Mr. Prempeh said the conversation was focused on steps GOIL could take to mitigate the effect of the surge in fuel prices on the operations of commercial drivers.

According to him, the conversation occurred amidst the indefinite strike action by Coalition of Commercial Transport Owners on Monday, December 6.

“I will be lying to say nobody spoke to me. Every responsible government in such a situation will speak to important stakeholders. The Chief of Staff called me that the drivers were on strike and what can GOIL do to help.

I told her that in the previous window, we went down about 14 pesewas. This one we haven’t decided yet. So we were going to meet on Tuesday to look at our pricing,” he said on Saturday.