Takoradi, July 26, GNA- A cross-section of residents within the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan area have lauded the Government for the reintroduction of the tollbooth levy on new roads.
They argued that given the current economic conditions, the reintroduction of the toll booth levy and other home-grown solutions were critical to alleviating the sufferings of Ghanaians.
Mr Joseph Hinson, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, following the mid-year budget reading in Parliament by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said the decision to scrap the toll booth levy was “uncalled for.”
He said, “look at how stranded those physically challenged persons who were manning the booth became, the many women who were hawking also lost their livelihoods…We should as a country, consider every decision we take very well before we implement it.”
He said the worldwide economic crisis called for prudent management skills and urged the government to show selflessness and come up with pragmatic programmes and policies that promoted the general wellbeing of the people.
Madam Christiana Aidoo, the Secretary to the PWDs in STMA, said hope had been restored to its members.
Madam Florence Payne, a social worker, said many women who became stranded by the decision could now breathe a sigh of relief as they could now fend for their families.
Mrs Nana Adjoa Aikins, another resident, said she was happy with some road and hospital projects being undertaken in the Western region and urged the government to keep its promises.
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