However, he said, if everybody paid the tolls, the accompaniment could accept generated GHS2 billion per annum
To that end, Dr Bawumia has alleged for a broad-based tolling arrangement as Ghana seeks to arouse the tolling system
Speaking at a High-Level altercation on Roads in Accra on Wednesday, August 7, Dr Bawumia said "Tolling appropriate now is advised in abounding countries, you pay specific tolls at accurate points. So you are activity on the Tema-Accra motorway, you accept a assessment berth over there, you go to Kasoa there is a assessment berth over there. But my appearance is that if we are activity into tolling we charge to anticipate about broad-based tolling
"The accepted architectonics that we accept in tolling absolutely turns to exclude alike the wealthier allotment genitalia of the population. So I alive in Cantonments, East Legon, and Ridge which are the high-earned neighborhoods, I will not see a toll, but if I alive in Kasoa or about abroad I am acceptable to accommodated a assessment on the way. There seems to be an bigotry in tolling. I accept that we should attending at broad-based tolling
"Why shouldn't everybody pay? When we put taxes on ammunition we attending at some clay on tolling as we were attractive at the affair of tolling, we looked at the accepted assessment acquirement as afore we abolished the tolls, there was about 70 actor Ghana Cedis, per year. What if everybody paid, so you put a tax on fuel, for example, 30 pesewas, acceptation you move you pay, if you don't move you don't pay. If everybody paid you could accomplish about 2 billion Ghana Cedis a year compared to 70 million. That was the cerebration and I anticipate we should be cerebration about methods that we could accomplish the tolling added broad-based again we all accord again the acquirement will be abundant higher. So if you can acquisition a way to do it digitally or whatever
The government is attractive advanced to accompany aback the alley assessment afterwards its abeyance in 2021
The Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam appear that Cabinet has accustomed a framework accustomed to facilitate the action of the reintroduction of the tolls in 2025