Toll Workers in Ghana have said that even though it was stated in the 2022 budget that those who worked at the various Toll Plazas were going to be given Alternate Livelihoods, not a single one of them has been given an alternate livelihood or re-assigned a year after the assurance was given.
They also said promises made by the Minister for Roads and Highways Akwasi Amoako Atta, on all three occasions that they will be given a monthly allowance whilst they wait to be re-assigned, has also not been forthcoming since January 2022.
“This has brought untold hardship to our members, especially, in these difficult economic times,” a statement they issued on Thursday November 17 said.
“We have said this countless number of times, and we still stand by it, that the reason given by the Hon Finance Minister for which toll collection was zero rated is not strong enough grounds that should cause about 800 of the Citizens to lose their Jobs and Livelihood in this manner.
“We also wish to emphatically state that, we have not been paid off contrary to rumors flying around in Government circles.
“We therefore call on Government as a matter of urgency, to Re-Introduce Toll Collection and recall all of us who lost our livelihoods by this action back to work so we can live in dignity and also contribute our quota to national development.
“We would also like to use this opportunity to call on Civil Society including our Revered Chiefs and Religious Leaders of all faiths, to impress upon the Government to restore our dignity back by reinstating us,” the statement said.
