Road Tolls Will Bring In GHS1 billion For Gov’t Each Year: Majority Leader Reveals

According to Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Hon Osei Kyei Mensah, when the toll booths are operational once more, a minimum of GHS1 billion would be earned from road toll annually around the nation.

He claims that the government intends to use quick measures in its collections and also raise the toll, making the increase in revenue in toll collection conceivable.

However, Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stated during a Wontumi Radio interview that it is conceivable that the government will replace people with automated devices.

“We are bringing back road tolls in a modernized way. At first, we had people doing the collection”, he iterated.

Additionally, Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu astonishingly disclosed, “Our investigations have shown that only one-third of the money collected came to the government out of the total amount they collect”. 

Moreover, he went on to add that, “We were told that government receives only GHC 72 million which is one-third of the total amount generated annually. It means that when you do it well you can get more than GHC 200 million annually”,

Before abolishing the road toll we were taking GHC 1 on average. Today, we plan to increase it to a minimum of GHC 5 whiles the bigger trucks will pay more. What it means is that, if GHc1 could generate 210 million or more, then GHC5 can generate 1 billion,” he added.

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