Amoako-Atta wants ministers to pay road tolls

General News on Thursday, February 7, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-02-07

Kwasi Amoako-Atta, Minister of Roads and Highways, asked road toll officials to ensure that ministers pay road tolls.

The minister pointed out, with the exception of a few privileged ones, that all Ghanaians, including ministers of state, are responsible for paying.

Amoako-Atta, who recently released his ministry's performance over the past two years, said he had received reports that officials would be hiding behind their titles to avoid paying tolls at the posts. toll.

According to the minister, "I heard people go to the booths and they said that I was a director general or something, so they pbaded.

He added: "All toll collectors 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 director have to pay . "

"I am the Minister of Roads now by the grace of God, and wherever I go, you can ask my driver to pay my toll," he told the media on Friday. "

He told the collectors: "It is important that we reinforce our expertise in the collection of road tolls, because road tolls are the second largest contributor to the Road Fund.

According to him, "the most important contributor to this fund is the fuel tax. If you take all the toll stations in the country at present, we have 35 in all the country and only 35 are automated and the four are NgleshieAmanfrom, Accra Plaza, Tema Plaza and Amasaman. "

He added that "to improve the perception of tolls, I intend 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. "