There has been a revived public backlash against the implementation of the law following Parliament’s Roads and Transport Committee’s recommendation for full implementation.

But speaking on GBC’s reporter’s roundtable on Thursday, the Marketing and Communications Manager for the Company, Roland Walker, maintained that the levy is appropriate.

[contextly_sidebar id=”MtZspo5TWHgpDjz1z9O6EKMMLM81AyM9″]“If there are accidents and people need some sort of emergencies and care there will be either a call through the National Ambulance service or an ambulance fleet that will be available by service providers all within the society to come and help through a properly structured scheme of things just like it’s done in the developed countries.”

Tow levy is a rip-off

The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) is expected to begin a nationwide towing programme, to ensure that all vehicles that breakdown on highways are cleared off the roads.

For this reason, drivers are required to pay a road safety fee ranging between GHC 10 and GHC 200 in addition to their road worthy certification fees.

Commercial vehicles and taxes will pay GH¢40, mini buses will pay GH¢80, while heavy duty trucks will pay between GH¢80 and GH¢200 annually, depending on their tonnage. Non-commercial vehicles are expected to pay GH¢20.

RSMSL has already acquired some 118 trucks ahead of the implementation, for the exercise.

But several persons have kicked against the policy calling on government to scrap it immediately.

Anti-corruption group, CitizenGhana Movement earlier called on government to immediate repeal the new levy.

The group, in a four (4) point statement copied to citifmonline.com described the service as a “bad idea” that has trappings of a corrupt “create, loot and share” scheme.

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By: Sixtus Dong Ullo/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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