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An Economist with the University of Ghana Business School is suggesting that the abolishment of road tolls is having an effect on the resources of the country, therefore, whoever is responsible must be surcharged with the revenue loss to the state. Lord Mensah, who was speaking on Joy FM’s ‘Top …

The death toll from an accidental explosion at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso rose on Tuesday to 63, the authorities said, adding that they had made an arrest. “We have 63 dead and around 40 injured,” the public prosecutor in the town of Gaoua, Alpha Compaore, told …

Commercial drivers are demanding the immediate disengagement of the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah over his statement of converting the abandoned toll booths in the middle of the roads across the country into places of convenience. According to the commercial drivers, the statement attributed to the Minister is distasteful …

Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta has refuted claims that he suggested the conversion of tollbooths into public urinals. According to him, the comment was taken out of context as only a portion of his interview was published. He explained that the ministry intends to refurbish tollbooth centers to …

JoyNews/AdomNews · Tema drivers resist toll removal; propose alternatives to govt Though a section of the public is happy about the closure of toll booth operations in the country, some drivers in Tema are against the directive. Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has directed that toll collection at the various toll …

Traders around some toll booths in the country are unhappy with the way the government implemented the directive to cancel road and bridge toll collection. According to the traders, the government rushed in implementing this directive. In their view, they should have been given enough time to find other areas …

The government has abolished all tolls on public roads and bridges. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, who made this known while delivering the 2022 budget to Parliament on Wednesday, said it takes effect immediately the Budget is approved. He said road tolls will no longer be demanded from drivers who …

A deep pothole closer to the Buipe Toll Bridge in the Savannah Region has trapped two vehicles blocking all other vehicles plying the Tamale-Techiman highway creating heavy vehicular traffic for almost 24 hours. The two Burkinabe heavy-duty vehicles with registration numbers BF 2397 T1 03 and BF 1723 E6 03, …

Three more people have died from the Akyem Asafo accident that occurred Friday dawn. This takes the death toll to 19. The crash, which was between two VIPs on the Accra-Kumasi highway, claimed 16 lives on the spot. Some of the bodies were dismembered. About five ambulances rushed to the …

Ghana’s coronavirus deaths have seen three additional cases recorded. From the latest update released by the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service on Saturday, September 5, the number of deaths has risen from 280 to 283. With 43,693 recovered/discharged patients, the country’s active cases now stand at 801. …