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Road tolls to be digitised- Road and Highways minister-designate
The Roads and Highways minister-designate, Governs Kwame Agbodza has revealed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will re-introduce road tolls.
According to him, road tolls would be brought back without toll booths under his leadership as the minister, a significant shift from the previous toll collection system, which involved obstructions on the road and manual payment collection by toll attendants.
He made this revelation on Monday, January 20, during his vetting by the Appointments Committee.
Mr.Agbodza expressed disappointment over the Akufo-Addo government’s previous decision to cancel road tolls.
Against this backdrop, he highlighted the potential loss of revenue and the negative impact on road infrastructure development.
“We decided to caution the government not to cancel road tolls but to find a way to improve the system,” he explained.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme