{"id":609297,"date":"2019-04-21T13:45:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T13:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n2019-04-21\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/67109120.2"},"modified":"2019-04-21T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T13:45:30","slug":"shocker-as-ghana-tourism-authority-now-charges-for-selfies-on-adomi-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/21\/shocker-as-ghana-tourism-authority-now-charges-for-selfies-on-adomi-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocker as Ghana Tourism Authority now charges for selfies on Adomi Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/67109120.295.jpg\" alt=\"Adomi Bridge Reciepts\" title=\"Adomi Bridge Reciepts\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>A receipt of payment made at Adomi Bridge<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> It\u2019s said; there is no free lunch anywhere. Henceforth, you may have a good phone with good front camera but you may have to pay between GH\u00a22.00 and GH\u00a24.00 to pose for a picture on Kwame Nkrumah\u2019s Adomi Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>One of the longest bridge on the Volta Lake in Ghana built some decades ago was recently renovated to avert any possible danger to the lives of motorists.<\/p>\n<p>The government instituted the levy as a measure to rake in some revenue to sustain its numerous projects hence a levy on the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists have taken to social media to cry over the levies expressing disappointment at the move by government.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes Nartey Mr Guru, Ghanaian comedian took to Facebook  to lament after being asked to pay GH\u00a24.00<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cYour excellency Mr President, this is the receipt given to me today 19th April 2019 at Adomi bridge as fee for pictures I want to take as a Ghanaian on the bridge Kwame Nkrumah built and which Mahama renovated. The people in charge told me that the order is from the President, that even if you want to take selfie it\u2019s 2gh per person. Your Excellency if indeed you authorized this God forsaken tax then am disappointed in you. How much do Ghanaians pay when they travel to Dubai, China, American, etc yet those countries are 100\u00d7 developed. Even China\u2019s world\u2019s longest 30 miles sea bridge to Hong Kong is free, what is happening? What a shame!!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019 Source: mynewsgh.com 2019-04-21 A receipt of payment made at Adomi Bridge It\u2019s said; there is no free lunch anywhere. Henceforth, you may have a good phone with good front camera but you may have to pay between GH\u00a22.00 and GH\u00a24.00 to pose for a picture on Kwame Nkrumah\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shocker as Ghana Tourism Authority now charges for selfies on Adomi Bridge - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/21\/shocker-as-ghana-tourism-authority-now-charges-for-selfies-on-adomi-bridge\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Shocker as Ghana Tourism Authority now charges for selfies on Adomi Bridge - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019 Source: mynewsgh.com 2019-04-21 A receipt of payment made at Adomi Bridge It\u2019s said; there is no free lunch anywhere. 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