Government intends to refurbish roads in the country, according to Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, which is why the government agreed to raise road tolls marginally in the 2021 budget statement.
Some drivers in the Ashanti Region have threatened to boycott the road toll because they want a “comprehensive spending study” on how toll levies have been spent on developmental projects over the years.
The aggrieved drivers said that nearly all of the highways on which tollbooths have been installed in Ghana have defects and potholes, casting doubt on the expenditure of road toll levy collected over the years.
“Our non-adherence to the new toll rates if enacted is because we, the drivers, do not see what the various tolls have been used for because almost all roads leading to the tollbooths in Ghana are riddled with potholes and other defects,” Yaw Barima, Public Relations Officer for True Drivers Union, said on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma on Wednesday, March 17.
“We all should rally behind the government, pass these revenue measures and approve this budget, raise the resources that are needed, and most importantly ensure that the resources are put to the uses for which they have been advertised,” Mr Oppong Nkrumah, who is also the Ofoase Ayirebi lawmaker, said in Parliament on Tuesday, March 16 as he deliberated on the 2021 Budget statement.
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SOURCE: ATLFMNEWSONLINE
