The increase in road tolls is the comment of the Ghanaian Chronicle. The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Joe Gidisu, and officials of his Ministry, have argued on various platforms that the road tolls, which is an avenue for raising revenue to maintain our roads, have not been increased for over a decade now, thus hampering the development of the sector.
Mr. Joe Gidisu, in particular, gave assurance in a television interview he granted on Monday in the midst of the brouhaha, that money derived from the new tolls would be used for the purpose it is meant for, and that road users would henceforth get value for the money they pay.
All over the world and in the developed countries in particular, road tolls form a vital means of raising money to solve problems in the sector.
The Chronicle, therefore, does not see anything wrong if the government decides to streamline the sector, and raise the needed funds to rehabilitate and maintain roads which are in a deplorable state.
The concerns of Ghanaians and the drivers in particular, is whether the government would channel the funds to solve problems in the road sector.
The Chronicle would, however, like to appeal to the public, to give politicians the last chance to repent from giving failed promises, by listening to the plea from the sector Minister that the money would properly be accounted for, because that is the only way the country would also develop.
