A civil society organisation (CSO) with interest in agriculture and the social sector, SEND Ghana, has called on the government to bring back road tolls to help shore up revenue for development. It explained that reintroducing the road tolls would help generate more revenue for the state and ease the pressure on the economy, since […]
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has clarified that the government has not reinstated toll collection across the country. In a press statement issued Tuesday (July 26, 2022) evening to clarify the Finance Minister’s Statement on the Collection of Road Tolls in the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review, the ministry stated: “the government has not reinstated toll collection across the country.” […]
Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Stephen Jalula has explained that the government’s policy to cancel collection of road toll remains in force. His explanation comes on the back of the Finance Minister’s announcement that the Accra-Tema Motorway will be tolled after the rehabilitation and extension project is completed. “The Government of Ghana shall provide […]
Commuters on the Accra-Tema motorway will start paying tolls again after the completion of expansion works on the road. Similarly, users of other newly constructed roads would also have to pay road tolls to use those roads. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta said this when he presented the Mid-year budget review statement in Parliament […]
