“Ghana won’t be the first country, and won’t be the last one.”
Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Finance Minister-Designate, is in the news for what political analysts see as his double stance on road tolls in the country.
Many people are not quite comfortable with the fact that the Honourable Member of Parliament (MP) has one opinion as an opposition MP and another as a ruling government MP.
In 2021, he was totally against road tolls. In 2025, he is fully in favour of implementing road tolls in the country.
On November 17, 2021, he had this to say as the Ranking Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament:
“I have always said that road tolls out there should be removed because the amount of money in terms of fuel that we burn in traffic as against the revenue the government gets, I don’t think it’s worthwhile.”
As Finance Minister-Designate, Dr Ato Forson has this to say on January 13, 2025:
“If you use the road, you have to pay a toll. Ghana won’t be the first country, and won’t be the last one. The only thing is, we have to collect the revenue effectively and efficiently.”
Additionally, he told the Appointments Committee of Parliament that “The NDC indicated from day one that the road toll will come back. We are not running away from it. So I can assure you we are a party that sticks to our promises. And whatever we have promised to do, we will do just that. If the road toll is a way to raise revenue, we will raise the revenue.”
Story: Kwabena Kyekyeku
