MASSIVE ROT AT GHANA'S TOLL BOOTHS
.....2011 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORT FINGERS GRF
Seventeen
private tollbooth collectors engaged by the government to collect tolls from
the country’s tolled roads and bridge, owe the Ghana Road Fund (GRF),
GH¢833,631.04 according to Auditor General’s Report on a special audit carried
out on the tollbooths, between January 2008 and June 2010.
·
Oti Yeboah, Kumasi
–Sunyani road, GH¢142,760.56
·
Seidu Mahama, Kumasi-Mampong road,
GH¢106,650.00
·
Sedan Ventures, Accra –Tema motorway,
GH¢24,550
·
Bet Buttco Ltd, Accra –Tema motorway,
GH¢5,442.89
·
Kapplan, Sunyani-Dormaa GH¢42,323.25
·
Tropic Oil, Kumasi-Mampong, GH¢27,200.00
·
Lakayama Ltd, Kumasi-Sunyani, GH¢14,532.45.
·
VAG,Tema-Akosombo, GH¢46,597.87
·
Sedan Venture,Ashaiman-
motorway,GH¢8,750.00
·
McGoerge
Ent.Kumasi-Mampong(Aboaso) GH¢32,039.46
·
McGorge Ent.Kumasi-Mampong(Kyeremfaso),GH¢4,249.81
·
Infrast
Dev,Soromaso,GH¢22,106.21
·
Prime Star,Sogakope
bridge,GH¢73,600.00
·
K.D.V.Lexico,Adomi
Bridge,GH¢24,250.00
·
Eva Asa Ltd,Beposo Bridge,GH¢59,000.00.
·
Abba Building Centre,Beposo BrIdge
GH¢30,000.00
·
Alolo Bro,Bambio
Bridge,GH¢9,050.00
·
Alolo Bro,Sogakofe
2,GH¢135,000.00
·
Waraing Co.
Ltd,Kade,GH¢18,673.75
·
Enterprise Ivest,Adomi
2,GH¢24,300.00
·
Abba Building
Centre,Ankobra,GH¢1,581.00
·
Top Target
Co.Ltd,Dunkwa,GH¢3,100.00.
Deputy Director
of Engineering at the Ghana Road Fund Secretariat, Engineer Ibrahim Seidu,
deflated the Auditor General’s reports that the secretariat had misused funds.
He explained:
“We were very surprised about it because this is an audit report from January
2008 and June 2010 and so this report has been discussed already in the year
2011 so it came as a surprise that this issue was raised again in the wake of
the Ashaiman skirmishes.”
He disclosed
that the value was Gh10.4 million as captured in the Auditor General’s
Department to be Ghc9 million cedis.
“We collected
these tickets from the Controller and Accountant Generals Department and we
issued them out to the stations all over the country; so is either they refused
to understand us or they don’t understand operations at the toll booths.” He added.
Angel Data and
Telecom Services (AD&TS) was contracted by the Ghana Highway Authority
(GHA) and the Road Fund (GRF) secretariat to fix automation machines with accounting
software which takes stock of every vehicle that plies the route and the rate
it is liable to pay.
The system was
also intended to plug any loophole and remove avenues for corruption in the
manual collection of tolls.
The automation
system did not completely eliminate the human factor in such activities as sale
of tickets and payment of levies. Motorists had to buy their tickets and pay
levies to operators.
The said pilot
project ended just last month on the Tema motorway, authorities at AD&TS
say they were contracted to install the automation devices and train personnel
at the booths.
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