Former toll booth workers have urged the government to resume the collection of tolls across the country.
This comes after the Finance Minister’s announcement that users of the Accra-Tema Motorway will pay tolls after the completion of the expansion project.
In an interview with Accra –based television, the Chairman of the Ghana Toll Workers Union, Henry Dogbe appealed to the government to consider their request.
“The road infrastructure is already there for the collection of tolls. The managers and the workers are ready to go back to work without any problems. We are about 800 workers in Ghana and out of 37 toll stations, we are going to reopen only the Accra-Tema motorway, how many workers can be employed?” Mr. Dogbe lamented.
“So what we are asking the government is to consider the situation now and allow the toll workers to go back to work because the promise made to them was never fulfilled. So the best option now is the reopening of the toll booths. So we are appealing to the government,” he added.
Following a government order to halt the collection of tolls on the country’s bridges and roads, over 600 employees were let off.
Despite an assurance to reassign them and pay their salary arrears, the toll workers say they are yet to receive salaries since January this year.
