Street Fund Levy on energy can construct 6-lane Kumasi-Accra road yearly – A vital

Music performer and political activist An advantage born Kwame Asare Obeng has argued that cash raised from tax upon fuel a year can build 1600km of road on the yearly basis, the 1600km of road is more compared to enough to make the perilous Accra-Kumasi road a six-lane freeway to reduce carnage on the road. This individual pointed out that the inability of the Authorities to provide adequate road facilities is due to high GDP in order to debt levels as well as problem and mismanagement and not an absence of financial resources. “Ghana uses five billion litres of gas every year. On every litre, we pay 48 pesewas as road fund garnishment. 48p×5 billion litres can be 2 . 4 billion cedis. We are told that each km of asphalt cost one 5 million Ghana cedis. Divide 2 . 4 billion dollars by 1 . 5 mil and you’ll get 1600km of road. This means that each year, Ghana should be able to build a minimum of 1600km of road from your road fund alone. Let us assume that money from the street fund will be used to develop 6 lane roads. (Three lanes on each side) 1600 divided by six is a little over 266km; Accra to Kumasi is just 248km. We can build more than that each year from just the street fund. The Accra Tema motorway which is 4 lane is just 19km. If it is constructed into a 6 Lane freeway with the road fund, we ought to be able to build 14 freeways every year. Why don’t we now have good roads? Why can not we fix the freeway? Because our debt in order to GDP is 83% plus our government expenditure will be evil!! As for corruption, administration and willfully causing economic loss to the state, let us not go there, ” he explained. A Plus was adamant that Ghana has sufficient funds to do roads yet corruption and mismanagement have the effect of the poor road infrastructure in the nation. “Ghana is not broke. Yɛ te sika so papa; adwen bɔne ne abrɔ nti, ɛkɔm de yɛn! ” He concluded. Authorities declared 2020 and 2021 Year of Roads plus Second Year of Streets respectively but not much continues to be seen in terms of a proclaimed improvement in road building. Every now and then, demonstrations are taking place by aggrieved Persons phoning for their roads to be set. Source: MyNewsGh. com/ 2021
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