Workers who lost their jobs as a result of the shutdown of toll booths around Ghana have demanded their reopening.
They claim that being fired has increased their burdens in light of the current economic situation.
The workers also claimed that despite what had been reported in the media, the government had not treated them fairly.
The disgruntled employees claimed in a 3news story that the government’s reluctance to pay their salaries “had brought untold hardship to our members, especially in these difficult economic times…
We thus encourage the government to resume toll collection immediately and summon those of us who lost our jobs as a result of this decision back to work so that we can live in dignity and fulfill our share of the responsibility for national progress.
“We also wish to emphatically state that, we have not been paid off contrary to rumours flying around in government circles,” the report added.
It would be recalled that the Ministry of Roads and Highways on November 17 2022, called for the immediate discontinuation of the collection of tolls on all public roads and bridges across the country.
This order, according to a statement signed by the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, took effect on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 12:00 am.
It followed the announcement by the Finance Ministry about the scrapping of tolls on all public roads in the 2022 budget presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
He explained that the move is to ease vehicular traffic at the toll booths.
The move by government saw over 800 toll workers rendered jobless. These workers were however promised to be reassigned and given their due.