Users of the Accra-Tema motorway can expect to start paying tolls again after the completion of expansion works on the road.
During the Mid-year budget review, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said the completed road will be tolled to recover the whole cost.
In Authority of this Mr. Samuel Boateng, a political analyst speaking on Plan B Fm’s Ebaanosen hosted by Ohene Kinnah stated that Ghanaians will gladly accept toll booth back because there never for once complained about paying all they asked for was good roads.
He argued that given the current economic conditions, the reintroduction of the toll booth levy and other home-grown solutions were critical to alleviating the sufferings of Ghanaians.
He added that the decision to scrap the toll booth levy was “uncalled for.”
He said, “look at how stranded those physically challenged persons who were manning the booth became, the many women who were hawking also lost their livelihoods…We should as a country, consider every decision we take very well before we implement it.”
He said that the Government should man up and bring it back on all roads because it was one of the main source of revenue.
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