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General News on Friday, February 8, 2019
Source: starrfm.com.gh
2019-02-08
According to Amoako-Atta, all citizens are required by law to pay road tolls, including
The Minister of the Road, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, instructed road toll makers in the country to insist that state ministers take tolls.
According to him, apart from a few selected individuals in the country, all citizens are required by law to pay road tolls, including ministers.
He said he had received reports that officials would be hiding behind their titles to avoid paying toll booths.
"I heard people coming to the booths and they said that I was general manager or something else, so they pbaded. All collectors of toll stations in this country have been informed that every individual in Ghana, no matter who you are, you have to pay tolls, if you are a minister you have to pay, if you are a general manager, you have to pay. I am now Minister of Roads by the grace of God. Wherever I go, you can ask my driver to pay my toll, "he told the media on Thursday.
Last year, the minister said that the country's 35 toll stations will soon be automated.
"It is important that we reinforce our expertise in road tolling, as road tolls are the second largest contributor to the road fund. The largest contributor to this fund is the fuel tax. If you take all the toll stations in the country right now, we have 35 in all the country and only 35 are automated and the four are: Ngleshie Amanfrom, Accra Plaza, Tema Plaza and Amasaman. .
"What I am going to do to improve the perception of tolls, is to improve the automation of as many people as possible. I will make sure that those that can be automated are so to improve the perception of tolls. "
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