Governs Kwame Agbodza, the Roads and Highways Minister-designate revealed a shocking piece of information during his vetting yesterday, Monday, January 20.
According to Governs Kwame Agbodza, the former Akufo-Addo government owed some road contractors as little as ¢5000.
Speaking during his vetting by the Appointments Committee, Kwame Agbodza revealed, “We decided to caution the government not to cancel the road toll but rather find a way to make it better. This means that we should find a way to block the leakages and enhance it”.
“So it was surprising that it was cancelled or they claimed they zeroed it. For me, it was an act of illegality. They couldn’t unilaterally do that. I believe there was some level of negligence in the way it was done”, he added.
The minister-designate added, “They claimed road toll was accruing just ¢80 million, but today there are road contractors working in Ghana who are owed GH¢5,000”.
“So the road toll is coming back but not in the form of building obstructions on the road for drivers to stop and somebody taking money from them but this coming in a form of technological and fair manner that will make it easy to collect”, revealed boldly.
Meanwhile, the minister-designate for Roads and Highways has further revealed that road tolls will be reintroduced with new technological platforms to rationalise revenue collection and ease traffic.
