The Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Nyarko Osei, is requesting renewed introduction of the assortment of street tolls in the country.
As per him, the rejecting of street tolls is keeping government from getting income.
He said the tollgates ought to be restored with an effective electronic-pass framework to address clog on certain pieces of the back roads'.
"I will just help the Government for the re-presentation or opening of the Toll Booths assuming the issues are thought of. The re-opening or presentation of the tollgates shouldn't produce anything short of multiple times of what it used to creates. This basically can assist with building more streets and fix the harmed ones," Hon Kennedy Osei Nyarko composed on his authority Facebook page.
He added, "If all the 38 (38) tollgates the nation over will be computerized with insignificant or no human mediations.
"Assuming vehicle proprietors will be prepared to pay for the reasonable expenses in view of the typical expenses charged in the landmass.
"The typical least cost expense in greater part of the African nations is $1.00 while in Ghana we pay GHc0.50p which is about $0.0625 pennies."
He, in any case, noticed that the common difficulty in the nation was not an exceptional circumstance, refering to the 2022 expansion paces of the US, Germany, and the UK.
The official affirmed that notwithstanding the difficulties, the nation was developing with great possibilities.
For financial combination, Hon Kennedy Osei Nyarko said, government should set out on forceful income activation through proficient duty and non-charge income producing measures.
On November 18, 2021, the Roads Ministry shut down all tollgates the nation over following a declaration by the Minister of Finance during the 2022 financial plan show such that cost assortment would never again exist.
In the mean time, government is focusing to accomplish a monetary shortage of 7.4 percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022, as against the projected 12.1 percent for 2021, in a bid to rescue the economy.
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