RE: Toll robbery; as state appears helpless

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Kwasi Pratt Snr. 11 years ago

Does it have to take press releases to invite private volunteer to assist you investigates the alleged malpractices, stealing, corruption at the Toll Gates? How about the use of the huge Nation's security agents/networks at y ...
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Does it have to take press releases to invite private volunteer to assist you investigates the alleged malpractices, stealing, corruption at the Toll Gates? How about the use of the huge Nation's security agents/networks at your disposal?

Is this the first time this kind of stealing at the Toll Gates is made public?? Crate loot and share at its best. CEO shd shut up and continue with the chop chop.
Kojo Sam 11 years ago

The report put in the public domain demanded a public response.
And I think the response is refreshing in the sense that:
1. It did not deny the report.
2. It sought for further collaboration with he TNF the kill the misch ...
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The report put in the public domain demanded a public response.
And I think the response is refreshing in the sense that:
1. It did not deny the report.
2. It sought for further collaboration with he TNF the kill the mischief.
3. The plan to use CCTV cameras and the need to beef up security implies the authorities are aware of the lop holes.
However my worry is why they sat down for the report to come up before.
Also have they factored the cost implication. Why not thing about automation as is done in some places?
Traveller 11 years ago

The comments by the board is unfortunate. If they have no idea of the business, they should make way for far sighted individuals to run the affairs of GHA.

The comments by the board is unfortunate. If they have no idea of the business, they should make way for far sighted individuals to run the affairs of GHA.
an 11 years ago

Ghanaian wants to eat their cake and blame the government for everythingThieves,Thieves again a lot of Ghanians are thieves,that is why the country is in a mess that we created

Ghanaian wants to eat their cake and blame the government for everythingThieves,Thieves again a lot of Ghanians are thieves,that is why the country is in a mess that we created
rOB 11 years ago

Get a private company or companies to monitor every toll booth with mandatory 24 hour CCTV footage showing every purchase of a ticket by a vehicle. The company will be paid based on an agreed commission charged on each toll t ...
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Get a private company or companies to monitor every toll booth with mandatory 24 hour CCTV footage showing every purchase of a ticket by a vehicle. The company will be paid based on an agreed commission charged on each toll ticket. The more tickets they sell, the more money they get paid, similar to the way payment of car duties are enforced.
Mr Kanewu 11 years ago

But this is no strange news,the authorities are aware but kept quiet because they have shares in the booty

But this is no strange news,the authorities are aware but kept quiet because they have shares in the booty
Bolga STRONGMAN 11 years ago

you are million per cent right...

you are million per cent right...
nana 11 years ago

Smart move. Waiting to see what comes out of it so the media house that first broke the news should keep us up to date.

Smart move. Waiting to see what comes out of it so the media house that first broke the news should keep us up to date.
Kwame Dokyi 11 years ago

The cat is out of the bag;the meeting is necessary!!

The cat is out of the bag;the meeting is necessary!!
ADANKO 11 years ago

YOU WANT FREE THINGS TOO MUCH, YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPORT, STUDY IT AND QUIETLY IMPLEMENT

YOU WANT FREE THINGS TOO MUCH, YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPORT, STUDY IT AND QUIETLY IMPLEMENT

NANA ADDO ADUROWURA 11 years ago

I am one person whdso can do this job very well and with conscience but they will never give me a chance because I do not belong to political party.this nation is dying out of politic

I am one person whdso can do this job very well and with conscience but they will never give me a chance because I do not belong to political party.this nation is dying out of politic
Close Observer 11 years ago

O Lord I pray for Mother Ghana, that you reduce the number of FOOLISH VOTERS in 2016. Father the small number that will be left, wash their faces with sea sand so that they would be able to see the predicament they have put G ...
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O Lord I pray for Mother Ghana, that you reduce the number of FOOLISH VOTERS in 2016. Father the small number that will be left, wash their faces with sea sand so that they would be able to see the predicament they have put Ghana in through their foolish action, and change for the better. I pray that you let them vote this USELESS and CLUELESS GOVERNMENT out. Let those who these FOOLISH VOTERS envy because they are prospering as a result of which they vote foolishly so that they will be equal with them prosper even more. Father let those who are sympathetic to these USELESS VOTERS stop giving them money when they come begging, so that they will realize 'Ghana is hard', and vote wisely this time round. Lord, there are too many office to office beggars in Ghana, that is a sign of poverty, kick those who encourage this out of office. Merciful Father, too many FOOLISH VOTERS who have no sense of dignity are rewarded with trips to soccer matches only to go and sleep on the floor in foreign land, and eventually seek asylum, stamp that disgraceful spirit out of Ghana. Lord, you have blessed us with everything that can make us rich, but you seemed to have forgotten to protect mother Ghana from greedy politicians and thieves; we call on you to rise and let these nation wreakers scatter in 2016. Amen
JB 11 years ago

Mr. President please wake up. Ghana is sinking. What nonsense is GHA taking about. Oh Ghana !!!!!!. What is wrong ? The management of GHA who issued that statement need not be there. They are just wasting the tax payers money ...
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Mr. President please wake up. Ghana is sinking. What nonsense is GHA taking about. Oh Ghana !!!!!!. What is wrong ? The management of GHA who issued that statement need not be there. They are just wasting the tax payers money.
BLACK MAN...... 11 years ago

...for you to go back to sleep!! And hopefully never wake up...so that you don't have to hear the 'nonsense' that GHA is talking about...if they say something, trouble;if they say nothing, trouble! You have a *&^&^%&^ problem ...
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...for you to go back to sleep!! And hopefully never wake up...so that you don't have to hear the 'nonsense' that GHA is talking about...if they say something, trouble;if they say nothing, trouble! You have a *&^&^%&^ problem!!!
ato gyasi 11 years ago

that is the way forward.

that is the way forward.
Said it of old 11 years ago

I've always believed that people we place in high authorities lack basic knowledge in what it takes to lead. Over reliance on academic credentials , favoritisms , long service ( which is nothing but just been employed earlier ...
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I've always believed that people we place in high authorities lack basic knowledge in what it takes to lead. Over reliance on academic credentials , favoritisms , long service ( which is nothing but just been employed earlier than others at a certain ministry etc) have clouded out our sense of objectivity . GHA should have taken time to conduct their own investigation on the private to ascertain the veracity or otherwise of the Report before inviting the Group. Again as usual, lazy officers are at it again. These are people paid do to no mental work except to walk around the corridors of power and influence, throw their weights about etc. it's a shame! Before inviting the Group, carry out your own investigation so that you have a basis to compare or contradict what the reports contains ! Sloppy , lazy , out of touch educated good for -------- heads!!
REEPE. 11 years ago

Very true! Over reliance on academic credentials is the reason may in public offices are leaving beyond their means probably to send their children to school abroad at expense of tax payers money so they can graduate with a ...
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Very true! Over reliance on academic credentials is the reason may in public offices are leaving beyond their means probably to send their children to school abroad at expense of tax payers money so they can graduate with a white paper called certificate. Education is very good but most people in life thought Wisdom is in the classroom! No no no a thousand times no, Wisdom to run the affairs of life the govern is from nowhere but from God. The school system of this world only help you to learn how to exercise your mind/brain. But the real stuff called wisdom is from the almighty God.
Bolga STRONGMAN 11 years ago

just replace these thieves with automatic toll booths as in EUROPE ,where a driver picks a ticket when entering the motorway and slots and pay when exiting.and these works very very well and effective in all over europe which ...
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just replace these thieves with automatic toll booths as in EUROPE ,where a driver picks a ticket when entering the motorway and slots and pay when exiting.and these works very very well and effective in all over europe which has the auto toll booth/cctv cameras... this is the only way we can put AN END to their "cool chop chop"
HAZOR 11 years ago

With this massive steal that president Mahama has tolerated from his appointtees indicate IMF bailout will be meaningless and it will not benefit Ghana in both short term and long term.Ghanaians can prevent diseaterby going o ...
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With this massive steal that president Mahama has tolerated from his appointtees indicate IMF bailout will be meaningless and it will not benefit Ghana in both short term and long term.Ghanaians can prevent diseaterby going out to demonstrate again IMF bailout when IMF team come back for the third and final negotiation on our bailout proposal.
Ghanaba 11 years ago

Whither my beloved GHANA? Not a single day passes without a story of CORUPTION and plain THIEVERY breaking on the media front. What at all did GHANAIANS do to deserve this? I weep for MOTHER GHANA!!!

Whither my beloved GHANA? Not a single day passes without a story of CORUPTION and plain THIEVERY breaking on the media front. What at all did GHANAIANS do to deserve this? I weep for MOTHER GHANA!!!

Annorwuo 11 years ago

When an agent or an employee is caught defrauding a principal or an employer,the relationship is summarily severed! I get particularly ticked off with this 'nonsense' about may be stuff.
Please get rid of them, and let them ...
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When an agent or an employee is caught defrauding a principal or an employer,the relationship is summarily severed! I get particularly ticked off with this 'nonsense' about may be stuff.
Please get rid of them, and let them sue and see,if they`ll have any legs to stand on! I just pray to God that those running the GHA,have not deliberately entered into loosely-worded contracts,which has emboldened these thieves and saboteurs to help themselves to state revenues!
Truckpusher 11 years ago

I believe you are democratic enough to know that such reports need investigation before any action is taken. The reporter could be playing political mischief by bloating figures. Let him reconcile his figures with available t ...
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I believe you are democratic enough to know that such reports need investigation before any action is taken. The reporter could be playing political mischief by bloating figures. Let him reconcile his figures with available traffic counts.
Nonpartisan Commentator 11 years ago

You get to the airport and there is little information to the public about drop-off zones, especially to taxi drivers. I witnessed a situation where a taxi dropped a passenger off at the domestic flight area and was moving ...
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You get to the airport and there is little information to the public about drop-off zones, especially to taxi drivers. I witnessed a situation where a taxi dropped a passenger off at the domestic flight area and was moving away in less than a 10 seconds since the gentleman was travelling light and so had only his carry-on luggage with him. The traffic guys arrested the driver and pleas from the driver, the passenger and all of us present there and then, including staff from the domestic airlines could not stop them. I took interest in the case and followed up to their yard "where arrested vehicles are parked". For that infraction they were demanding GHC100.00 from the taxi driver or he would be given a ticket to go and pay GHC200.00 before the car could be released. Obviously the driver wanted to pay the GHC100.00 which will not be receipted anyway. Even if he paid the GHC200.00 would he know if the receipt he'll get would be genuine? There is therefore the need to stop this broad day light robbery. There were up to 20 vehicles at the time therein and if they managed to squeeze GHC100 out of each of them then they would have gotten up to GHC2,000 in a spate of about 30 minutes alone. So I think the airport authorities should give more education to the travelling public and taxi drivers to save them from these unscrupulous traffic guys. The stealing is too much.
BBBrown 11 years ago

If the CCTV is watching good but be mindful of artificial breaking down of these electronics. Another one is who watches over the security personnel who watches the toll collectors? I don't think all loopholes are plugged. Wh ...
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If the CCTV is watching good but be mindful of artificial breaking down of these electronics. Another one is who watches over the security personnel who watches the toll collectors? I don't think all loopholes are plugged. What are the monitoring team monitoring? We just need all round electronic collectors.
ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

BNI should investigate the Backgrounds of those that were given the contracts, there could be a conspirancy of meet me at the backdoor to share the booty

my understanding to this press release is that meet your target and ...
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BNI should investigate the Backgrounds of those that were given the contracts, there could be a conspirancy of meet me at the backdoor to share the booty

my understanding to this press release is that meet your target and steal the rest because GHA know exactly what is going at the tollboots

squeezing from the People in the Name of law to enrich few in Position is more criminal than gunpoint robbery. that is why Ghana is not getting the rightpath from developing to developed and it shall remain a curse
jimmy 11 years ago

GHA please do not ague with this report.i personally no some one who is a toll collector n involved in this stealing especially whenever there is blackout.
just use electronic road pay(ERP) which is being used in most develo ...
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GHA please do not ague with this report.i personally no some one who is a toll collector n involved in this stealing especially whenever there is blackout.
just use electronic road pay(ERP) which is being used in most developed countries like singapore to eliminate this malpractices.
owusu ansa 11 years ago

purchasing clerks are cheating farmers and have turn the cocoa sector into secret goldmine and are cheating farmers with scale adjustment

purchasing clerks are cheating farmers and have turn the cocoa sector into secret goldmine and are cheating farmers with scale adjustment
ROLAND A 11 years ago

what TNF and the private sector partners is untainted. i have reported this issue twice to the BNI. When driver pay a toll of one cedis, they received receipts of 50 pesewas. this has been going on for seven months now accor ...
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what TNF and the private sector partners is untainted. i have reported this issue twice to the BNI. When driver pay a toll of one cedis, they received receipts of 50 pesewas. this has been going on for seven months now according my watch.
Edward 11 years ago

Get rid of humans,and use technology,how slow are we to catch up

Get rid of humans,and use technology,how slow are we to catch up
THOMAS 11 years ago

The state will continue to loss revenue as long as we use human beings in collecting money. Some drivers do not bother in collecting the receipts after payment. Only God knows what happens to such money paid. I witnessed one ...
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The state will continue to loss revenue as long as we use human beings in collecting money. Some drivers do not bother in collecting the receipts after payment. Only God knows what happens to such money paid. I witnessed one on Saturday, 25th October at about 4:30 pm when returning from Nkawkaw at the toll collection near Accra. The driver of the saloon car paid the toll but failed to collect the receipt. As soon as he drove off the lady at the collection point gave me the ticket. I challenged her why she should give me the ticket meant for the other driver and my reward was insults. I have witnessed such situations on countless occasions where drivers paid and never collected the tickets. Let us use appropriate technology and Ghana will be better off. Thank you.

Rt 11 years ago

Some booths you get a scrap of paper . They are all at it why not put people out there to monitor on surprise busts count cars then ask how much money how many free government cars then wow millions saved just look when toll ...
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Some booths you get a scrap of paper . They are all at it why not put people out there to monitor on surprise busts count cars then ask how much money how many free government cars then wow millions saved just look when toll boiths went electronic in some area revenue up 60% ....surprise plus even then who checks they are all at lets see audit rolls lets see how much money ends up after everyone takes their little bit thieving tossers . You are horrible evil people
Joseph Morrison 11 years ago

You are to be probed. By your words even a child will conclude you are having a share of the loot. Step aside you have been exposed. I advise the president to look into this if he really want to fight corruption.

You are to be probed. By your words even a child will conclude you are having a share of the loot. Step aside you have been exposed. I advise the president to look into this if he really want to fight corruption.
foster boateng 11 years ago

supervisor called linda gota and the leader called gyan are robbing the state there. they collect 100 ghana from we those who are in the booth each day and the share among the supervisors. a total of 2400 ghana cedis is share ...
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supervisor called linda gota and the leader called gyan are robbing the state there. they collect 100 ghana from we those who are in the booth each day and the share among the supervisors. a total of 2400 ghana cedis is share among them each day

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