Sam George, the member of parliament for Ningo-Prampram has fingered officials of the Ghana Highway Authorities of pocketing GHS2.75m a month from one axle load stations.
According to Sam George, a woman was fired by the Ghana Highway Authorities for generating GHS3m revenue monthly from an axle load station.
Speaking on TV3’s Key Point show on Saturday, December 14, 2024, Sam George detailed, “The average rate of revenue from that axel weight station was 250,000 as soon as the lady took over her average was 3 million Ghana cedis, she was called by the Highways Authorities and told that he was raising too much revenue because there was a cartel, that drains the money that is raised and declares an average of only 250,000 every month, one axle weight company, this is one”.
“So, imagine that these vehicles have gone through a number of axle-weight loading stations across the country before they get to her place and from her place they continue, and this is what the revenue lost is, there are people sitting at Highways and the matter went to Asenso Boakye he said he was going to investigate”, he added.
Sam George further revealed, “There is no way you will see these figures and not understand what is happening, then she was told to go home because he is NDC. These are the kinds of leakages in our system that we need to collectively work as a country to plug, she has been sent home”.
“I have the names of the people who were behind this like I said Operation Recover All Loots will come after all of them, the people at Highways Authorities who are involved in the scam and the stealing of axle loads”, he stated.
The member of parliament further stated boldly, “So, imagine if we had 10 axel load stations across the country and they were making revenue of at least 3 million cedis in one station and they are declaring 250,000 cedis every month some people are sitting back and grinning 2.75 million from one axle station over 10 axle station that will be 27.5 million cedis every month”, he added.
“This is what we are bleeding as a country when Akufo-Addo says Ghana is not a poor country it is true, but we have people who have turned themselves to Dracula drinking the blood and toil of Ghanaians”, he reiterated.
An Axle Load Weigh Station is a point used by supervisors from the GHA to check a truck’s weight to ensure it is not overweight and conforms to state laws and safety guidelines.
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This is a must listen video…All the greedy bloodsucking leeches must be smoked out. pic.twitter.com/vkpRQIyJTp
— Aristotlektv (@aristotledada) December 16, 2024
