The Government Secretary of COPEC, Duncan Amoah
The Government Secretary of Chamber for Petroleum Shoppers (COPEC) has puzzled the explanation at the back of the creation of the E-Levy when 15 years of the petroleum levy has no longer constructed a unmarried freeway within the nation.
In line with Mr Duncan Amoah, after 15 years of the number of the petroleum levy and street tolls amongst others, Ghana has not anything to turn for relating to excellent roads.
“As a professional, I’ve written and made proposals on how Ghana’s roads might be constructed with commitments at the a part of the federal government however governments have come and long past without any of them taking note of a few of these proposals,” he mentioned.
Mr. Amoah raised those questions about Accra 100.5 FM’s morning display, Ghana Yensom, hosted by means of Kwame Obeng Sarkodie on Friday, January 28, 2022.
He requested how other the e-levy will likely be from the 15-year-old petroleum levy, street toll amongst others which has confirmed to be useless.
“All leaders of this nation care about is the number of those levies and no longer for the aim for which it was once established,” he mentioned.
“For 15 years we’ve been gathering petroleum levy to construct excellent roads but Ghanaians are nonetheless using on single-carriage roads resulting in day-to-day carnages,” he lamented.
He negated the claims by means of the promoters of the e-Levy that its implementation will clear up a lot of Ghana’s demanding situations with unhealthy roads.
He wired that what’s excellent for the extraordinary Ghanaian isn’t of precedence to the folks in search of to have the E-levy offered.
There don’t seem to be sufficient twin–carriage roads in Ghana however the leaders are at all times purchasing V-8 cross-country cars.
As of late, what we’re listening to is {that a} personal jet terminal is able to be used while no longer a unmarried railway line for the nice of the folks has been finished for the trip wishes of the extraordinary guy,” he mentioned.