Minister for Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has noted that the Minister for Roads, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has received cabinet approval to begin the process of re-introducing road tolls.
The Housing Minister made this known to the media on the sidelines of the 2024 mid-year budget statement presentation.
“Already, the Minister for Roads has received Cabinet approval to start the process of reintroducing these tolls,” he said.
Finance Minister Dr Mohammed Amin Adam has indicated that the establishment of a framework for the re-introduction of road and bridge tolls will be done in 2025.
He made this known while presenting the 2024 mid-year budget statement.
Effective November 2021, the government ordered the suspension of the collection of road tolls across the country in a bid to ease traffic congestion at toll booths and in the hope that a portion of the e-levy revenue would be committed to maintaining the roads.
The e-levy has failed to generate the necessary funds since its passage; a development that has now led to the need for the reintroduction of road tolls.
Moreover, the flagbearer of the NPP, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, during a recent campaign tour of the Volta Region, proposed a reintroduction of the tolling system.