The Toll Workers Association of Ghana has described the decision of NPP flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to reintroduce the collection of road tolls as a political gimmick aimed at securing votes in the upcoming 2024 general elections.
General Secretary of the Toll Workers Association of Ghana, Edward Duncan, expressed doubts about the promise of the NPP flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
"This thing that his excellency is telling us is just to get votes from us and our loved ones and sympathizers because we are about 800 workers, former toll booth workers. We have families, we have friends. We have people that we can influence, we have people that depend on us," Edward Duncan said in a report on Citinewsroom.com.
Addressing citizen concerns about the poor condition of roads during a meeting with the clergy in the Volta Region at the start of his tour, Dr. Bawumia stated that government lacked the funds for infrastructure development and suggested that innovative methods such as road tolling could provide a solution.
Dr. Bawumia further suggested that the government's approach to road funding should be reconsidered and that the private sector could supplement revenue from road tolls to provide the needed relief.
In 2022, Ghana stopped road tolls collection to alleviate traffic congestion on major roads.
Credit: ghanaweb.com