Mensah Opoku went to the Institute to see the 86 vehicles purchased by the Rawlings administration that have become a symbol of governmental misuse of public funds, and found that they are still unused.

The vehicles have withstood, “years of wear and tear and harsh weather conditions. The original spray coated vehicles are actually turning brown,” said Opoku, his hands brushing the bonnets of the vehicles.

But despite the damaged car bodies, the leather interiors were intact, confirming that they have been untouched.

The case has come to light again after Deputy Information Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablawkwa, called on the Administrator of District Assembly Common Fund to pay the sum of GHC 6 billion, a cost equal to the purchase of the vehicles, in 2012.

 In 2014, it was revealed that, the debt covering the vehicles had been paid, with the support of the Judgment Debt Commission, presided over by Justice Yaw Appau.

 The debt covered the original purchase of 110 vehicles. The current number of the vehicles is 86.

 After the vehicles were purchased by the Rawlings administration in 1999, they remained unutilized for the remainder of his time in office.

 Today in 2017, they have been unused for nearly 20 years.

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By: Joy Notoma/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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To enjoy this service, drivers will be required to pay a road safety fee ranging between GHC 10 and GHC 100 in addition to their road worthy certification fees.

The Head of Communications at the NRSC, Kwame Kodua Atuahene, explained that the move is geared towards reducing the risk of road users running into stationary vehicles; a trend which is responsible for over 20% of all road accidents in the country.

“Rightly as you put it, if you look at the data, close to 21 percent of fatal crashes are somehow connected with these obstacles and so we need to find a means to deal with these concerns,” he told Citi News’ Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News.

Giving more reasons to justify the Commission’s decision, Mr. Atuahene explained that, “the law makes specific recommendations for vehicle owners to pay a mandatory road safety fee for the purposes of managing obstacles that they are confronted with.”

The programme is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) project involving the Road Safety Commission, the Police and the DVLA . These entities will be working with other private companies to provide the service.

Details of fees to be charged are listed below:

An owner of a motorbike will pay GHC 10 for the whole year

Non commercial cars will pay GHC 20 for the whole year

Taxis will pay GHC 40 in two installments as they pay their road worthy fees twice a year

Mini commercial buses will be required to pay GHC40 twice a year, totaling 80 cedis, while renewing their road worthy certificate.

Trucks will pay between GHC 40 and GHC 100 twice a year, based on their tonnage, while renewing their road worthy certificate.

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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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