According to the Minority Chief Whip and Ranking Member of the Parliament’s Roads and Transport Committee, Governs Kwame Agbodza, the government is to blame for the incidents of vehicles running into toll booths.
He claims that the government acted hastily when it decided to stop collecting road tolls.
In November 2021, all national public roads and bridges were ordered by the Ministry of Roads and Highways to immediately stop collecting tolls.
This, according to some drivers, has led to crashes at toll booth locations, with the most recent one happening on the Accra-Tema highway.
According to Mr. Agbodza, the government needs to make the toll booths secure for drivers.
“They have also created danger on the motorways because there is no one there, no police. It is getting to the point where drivers are running into them and killing people. So, the recklessness of this government is in every sector.”
“I am encouraging them to go back to the motorway and all other tollbooths to make them safe. They have gotten everything wrong with the motorway and sadly, their recklessness is leading to unnecessary loss of lives on the motorway and elsewhere, and they must take responsibility for it,” he stated.
