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Govt did not listen to wise counsel not to abolish road toll – Gyampo

A Professor at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has said that the suspension of the road toll collection was a mistake that the government made. To him, the government failed to listen to the wise counsel not to abolish the tolls. “This government is not suffering from only winner takes all but also winners know it all, they did not listen to the wise counsel not to abolish the tolls.

“You don’t have money but you are abolishing road tolls,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, July 27 while commenting on the government’s plan to bring back road tolls. The government is looking forward to bringing back the road toll after its cessation in 2021.

The Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam disclosed that Cabinet has approved a framework established to facilitate the process of the reintroduction of the tolls in 2025. The Minister made this statement while presenting the mid-year budget review in Parliament on Tuesday, July 23.

Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in June this year stated that road tolls must return to improve road infrastructure in the country. He indicated that the government currently lacks the necessary funding for infrastructure development and suggested that innovative solutions, such as road tolling, could offer a viable solution.

“Let us go back to a system of broad-based road tolls. The tolling system has to come back, and I think it will come back. “It is a fundamental mistake of the government to place all road projects on the budget. The government doesn’t have enough money and the private sector has to be brought in,” he noted.

The government cancelled road toll collections in 2021 after introducing the e-levy which the government said was to substitute the road tolls. However, the e-levy has failed to live up to its promise prompting the government to bring back the tolls in 2025.

By:  Laud Nartey

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