In an address to Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, Ghana’s Minister of Finance, Mohammed Amin Adam, stated that the government is working on a framework where it would to re-introduce road tolls in 2025.
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In his address, the Finance Minister stated that the government would introduce a framework where it would re-introduce a modern version of road toll collection for roads and bridges in the country.
Flashback
In 2023, the government abolished road tolls, favoring the Electronic Levy (E-Levy) to absorb the losses but there was a huge financial gap that it could not cover.
The Minister of Roads made a public announcement early this year that it would re-introduce the tolls.
By The Numbers
Before it was postponed, Ghana was collecting about GHC 39 million every month in 2021.
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) says the Government can make an estimated GHC 157,680,000 annually if they automate toll booths across the country.
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