Failing to keep tollbooth receipts could get you in big trouble

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poor souls 9 years ago

These poorly underpaid guy steal and u make a big sting. What about the big fat senior government thiefs. Who will prosecute them?

These poorly underpaid guy steal and u make a big sting. What about the big fat senior government thiefs. Who will prosecute them?
Konadu 9 years ago

You call these crooks underpaid but through stealing, they are making more than the President of Ghana.

Most of them have their own printed tickets that they issue for payments and then pocket the money. When they issue t ...
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You call these crooks underpaid but through stealing, they are making more than the President of Ghana.

Most of them have their own printed tickets that they issue for payments and then pocket the money. When they issue ten tickets, eight belongs to them and two to the government.

They also keep uncollected tickets and re-issue them to subsequent drivers.

When they collect a total of GHc30,000 at the end of the day, about Ghc5,000 goes to the government whilst about Ghc25,000 goes into their pockets.

But don't forget, in order to maintain posting to the tool booth, they have to share the money with their superiors. Failure to do so means one is not loyal and must be reassigned. Working at the toll booth is regarded as a privilege and must be protected.
Ghanaman 9 years ago

A simple and effective toll collection is to go for AUTOMATIC TOLL BOOTHS, simple!
These exist already in the developed countries so you don't have to rack your brains or re-invent the wheel!!

A simple and effective toll collection is to go for AUTOMATIC TOLL BOOTHS, simple!
These exist already in the developed countries so you don't have to rack your brains or re-invent the wheel!!
onetribe 9 years ago

These idiots just want an opportunity to harass motorist. CCTV is also a relatively cheap means of monitoring if they find the cost of automated booths too high. Considering the potential revenue from tolls, it should be self ...
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These idiots just want an opportunity to harass motorist. CCTV is also a relatively cheap means of monitoring if they find the cost of automated booths too high. Considering the potential revenue from tolls, it should be self funding anyway, only idiots like these people can make such hardwork of this process.
Neutral Zone 9 years ago

U just don't get it. The more they collect, the more the big dogs can steal.

U just don't get it. The more they collect, the more the big dogs can steal.
Bruce 9 years ago

Masa don't encourage stealing any in way, stop and delete your point, it does not help anyone at all

Masa don't encourage stealing any in way, stop and delete your point, it does not help anyone at all
Ghanaman 9 years ago

They should install counting devices at the booths.

They should install counting devices at the booths.
DOBOO 9 years ago

EZ pass is an electronic toll collection system which will totally eliminate stealing of public funds and reduce the "go slow" at toll booths.

EZ pass is an electronic toll collection system which will totally eliminate stealing of public funds and reduce the "go slow" at toll booths.
Kwadwo 9 years ago

This is soft target. The issue is what has happened to the million collected by the government from the tollbooths. I never keep my tool receipt so I would be targeted when I am stopped? Get a life Apaak

This is soft target. The issue is what has happened to the million collected by the government from the tollbooths. I never keep my tool receipt so I would be targeted when I am stopped? Get a life Apaak
CORNEY 9 years ago

I thought if you don't pay they don't open the gate for you,how can they say one passed there without paying just because they don't have the ticket in their car?
Just put a better system in place to check the fraud in the s ...
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I thought if you don't pay they don't open the gate for you,how can they say one passed there without paying just because they don't have the ticket in their car?
Just put a better system in place to check the fraud in the system instead of arresting innocent people just because drivers did not take their tickets.
Why not station yourselves there if you feel the system is not working instead of going to waste time for drivers for you to check tickets in already congested roads with Tema Roundabout alone taking hours to clear,what kind of backwardness is that going to stop cars to inspect toll tickets?
Observer 9 years ago

Tollbooth operators are private companies. If attendants steal they should be considered as agents of the company that employs them. Any sanction must therefore be directed at the company. A penalty of loss of the company's s ...
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Tollbooth operators are private companies. If attendants steal they should be considered as agents of the company that employs them. Any sanction must therefore be directed at the company. A penalty of loss of the company's share of proceeds on the day from the location should be applied. Contracts must be cancelled where such offence becomes rampant. The law must also take its course with he attendants but they should not be used as scapegoats.
JKD 9 years ago

Why should the driver suffer because of someone's corrupt behavior?

Why should the driver suffer because of someone's corrupt behavior?
Constructivist 9 years ago

It is really in the nature if man to jail the small thief and elect the big ones into office. Apaak and his looting brigade have stolen millions from Ghana yet no one arrested them. He who comes to equity must come with clean ...
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It is really in the nature if man to jail the small thief and elect the big ones into office. Apaak and his looting brigade have stolen millions from Ghana yet no one arrested them. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.
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NKANSAH DOMPEY 9 years ago

Check with the tollbooth attendants.I returned from abroad last year and drove in the country for three months but didn't pay a pessewa at any of the tollbooths because I don't see the benefits of paying for the gov't officia ...
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Check with the tollbooth attendants.I returned from abroad last year and drove in the country for three months but didn't pay a pessewa at any of the tollbooths because I don't see the benefits of paying for the gov't officials to "chop" d money.
kwasi Ata 9 years ago

U are a fool useless man kwasia aboa

U are a fool useless man kwasia aboa
say it loud 9 years ago

Why? The ordinary Ghana is always targetted. The day shall definately come when MPs are also made to pay toll. Jah bless.

Why? The ordinary Ghana is always targetted. The day shall definately come when MPs are also made to pay toll. Jah bless.
Charlie King Addo 9 years ago

The toll booth revenue never goes to the state.
Nobody can account for a dime as to how much has been accrued from the toll collections since 66.

“Abongo boys” economy is what we have been dealing with, till this ver ...
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The toll booth revenue never goes to the state.
Nobody can account for a dime as to how much has been accrued from the toll collections since 66.

“Abongo boys” economy is what we have been dealing with, till this very day. The state coffers are empty and the booths are not adding anything to it. The money gets lost on the way to the bank.

The toll booths must be scrapped. Nobody should be made to pay crossing at the barriers. You are only feeding the useless bastards.

How many more motorways have been built since Nkrumah?
How many cars do commute on the motorway on daily basis?
From 66 till this day, couldn’t the collected revenue have built 10 or more of such motorways?

Useless rules and regulations governed by freaks, forced down the throats of gullible Ghanaians.
You allow fools to feed on your sweat and then they will turn around and call you names.

Keep paying the stupid fees to feed the cold-hearted fat asses and they will always look down on you and laugh at your skinny legs. They love to see you starve you to death.

Funny thing is, you put them there. Thank you very much.
My one question is, what are you paying those tolls for? The motorway is beat-up and almost never maintained so why are you still paying?

Don’t be mad at me. Look at your life situation and see the predicament you are in, think first and then bring it on. NO hot pursuit to blow hot air.

Take a step back to reflect and try dissect what you just read, before you calmly come swinging like some blind drummer.
tweeeeeaaaaakai 9 years ago

This is nonsense prosecuting drivers who do not have tickets. They can throw them away immediately they buy it. Use duplicates and triplicates to track down your arranged thieves and leave users alone.

This is nonsense prosecuting drivers who do not have tickets. They can throw them away immediately they buy it. Use duplicates and triplicates to track down your arranged thieves and leave users alone.
Kofi 9 years ago

The receipt is for the driver. He does not need to prove he has paid, rather the person who says the driver has not paid must prove so. The burden of proof is on the accuser not the accused. The accused is innocent till prove ...
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The receipt is for the driver. He does not need to prove he has paid, rather the person who says the driver has not paid must prove so. The burden of proof is on the accuser not the accused. The accused is innocent till proven guilty.
Somebody 9 years ago

This is a very bad one. Mr Director come again. There is no way a vehicle entitled to pay the toll could cross without paying if the attendants do their work properly. Better check the attendants not the road user. Your atten ...
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This is a very bad one. Mr Director come again. There is no way a vehicle entitled to pay the toll could cross without paying if the attendants do their work properly. Better check the attendants not the road user. Your attendants must ensure drivers take their receipt before they cross. Charity begins at home.
lady fey 9 years ago

A greedy exercise ccchhheeew

A greedy exercise ccchhheeew
George Agyemang Gyawu 9 years ago

This ticket issue should be a matter of concern to everybody. Monies are stolen day in day out by these ticket racketeers which deprive the Nation of huge sums of raw cash. Anyway does the government account for the monies co ...
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This ticket issue should be a matter of concern to everybody. Monies are stolen day in day out by these ticket racketeers which deprive the Nation of huge sums of raw cash. Anyway does the government account for the monies collected from the various toll booths? Let us be vigilant henceforth
poor souls 9 years ago

The compromised manager can not enforce the rules. Lets take the human aspect from toll collection, make it electronic, no cash changing hands my reduce but not eleminate theft.

The compromised manager can not enforce the rules. Lets take the human aspect from toll collection, make it electronic, no cash changing hands my reduce but not eleminate theft.
DAN 9 years ago

I SO HAPPY FOR THIS DIRECTIVE. THIS WILL KEEP THE AREA (TOOLBOTH) LITTLE BIT TIDY. THANK YOU MY PRESIDENT OR ANY BODY WIL PROPOSE THIS.

I SO HAPPY FOR THIS DIRECTIVE. THIS WILL KEEP THE AREA (TOOLBOTH) LITTLE BIT TIDY. THANK YOU MY PRESIDENT OR ANY BODY WIL PROPOSE THIS.
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priority 9 years ago

this tema motorway was built by wame Nkrumah, instead of keeping it in shape and extending it ghanaians mend the pot holes on the concrete motorway with bitumen and that is not enough, you charge for using a road WE must be p ...
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this tema motorway was built by wame Nkrumah, instead of keeping it in shape and extending it ghanaians mend the pot holes on the concrete motorway with bitumen and that is not enough, you charge for using a road WE must be paid to use and further introduce these penalties is thievery, highway robbery in broad daylight. Please fix the manholes that have appeared on that road and stop those penny pinching antics.
Twumasi Bruce 9 years ago

What benefit at all are Ghananaians getting from the numorous revenue you collect. leave the tollboot operators alone. corrupt NDC led administration. God will punish you people for the hardship you have imposed on Ghanaians. ...
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What benefit at all are Ghananaians getting from the numorous revenue you collect. leave the tollboot operators alone. corrupt NDC led administration. God will punish you people for the hardship you have imposed on Ghanaians. selling petrol at gh 17 per garlon instead of gh11.50. when was the last time your presidential convoys on trips paid a toll at tollboot. produce your ticket.
kwame Kyei 9 years ago

This people are always interested in collecting monies from us without properly accounting for it. Why should we continue to pay tolls?, when after several years of collecting toll on the Adomi Bridge we have to borrow money ...
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This people are always interested in collecting monies from us without properly accounting for it. Why should we continue to pay tolls?, when after several years of collecting toll on the Adomi Bridge we have to borrow money to be able to rehabilitate same? Its a shame that we can not do anything good for our and we have to constantly rely on others for almost everything we needed as a people.
Juba 9 years ago

Toll booth tickets must give date, time and location otherwise they are useless. I guess that's why drivers don't value them

Toll booth tickets must give date, time and location otherwise they are useless. I guess that's why drivers don't value them
Yaw 9 years ago

Equip all tollbooths with electronic counters and computerise them as well.

Equip all tollbooths with electronic counters and computerise them as well.
Jerry-tema 9 years ago

mtwheeewww. let us think. do u think our minds have nothing to think of like u?
after paying n misplaced my tickets u'll arrest me for wat?
put down measures to check u and ur own people thank coming to check anybody else

mtwheeewww. let us think. do u think our minds have nothing to think of like u?
after paying n misplaced my tickets u'll arrest me for wat?
put down measures to check u and ur own people thank coming to check anybody else
Jamil. 9 years ago

Ghanafuor ni nkwasias3m. They won't focus on building the nation.

Ghanafuor ni nkwasias3m. They won't focus on building the nation.
Afe Sem 9 years ago

The truth is that these guys and ladies in the tolbooth including their supervisorrs are graet big thieves without detection. They daily pocket their sales and declare just meagre amount to the state. Investigate them thoroug ...
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The truth is that these guys and ladies in the tolbooth including their supervisorrs are graet big thieves without detection. They daily pocket their sales and declare just meagre amount to the state. Investigate them thoroughly and you would see what they have in properties!
I suggest a cctv camera should be installed at the HQ of this organisation to record all movements through the booths daily and compare the proceeds paid to the govt. Fantastic!You would then appreciate what goes on here compared to the others where looting of govt money is ongoing galore!
G. K. Berko 9 years ago

The easiest way to curb the theft at the tollbooths is to install video cameras at each booth. These Cameras are now very cheap to acquire and install. In that case, we can capture the transactions going on, and the conversa ...
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The easiest way to curb the theft at the tollbooths is to install video cameras at each booth. These Cameras are now very cheap to acquire and install. In that case, we can capture the transactions going on, and the conversations associated with them.

The Toll attendants not only pocket the tolls, but also allow family and friends to pass without paying.

If we complain about the Politicians and Directors of Institutions like GYEEDA, SADA, etc., stealing our funds, we must not fail to expose these blatant thieves at the Tollbooths, and Ports, and other lower-level duties as well. All are corruption and we must deal with them as strictly as possible.

What is even ironic is that these Tollbooth attendants might be among those gossip peddlers who widely smear all officials with corruption. Surely, corruption is pervasive in Ghana but we may still have a decent core of officials who remain innocent of corruption we tag on Officials all over.

Anyway, we all must clean our little corners before we blame those in charge of large spaces of keeping them filthy.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Till Zion 9 years ago

I was once issued a receipt that had a past date stamp on it.
I later learnt that some drivers bring their old receipts to some of their contacts at the toll both who will later hand out these old receipts to unsuspecting dr ...
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I was once issued a receipt that had a past date stamp on it.
I later learnt that some drivers bring their old receipts to some of their contacts at the toll both who will later hand out these old receipts to unsuspecting drivers.
How many people really check to see the date on the receipts?
That is the catch!
Alex ., London 9 years ago

Clement Apaak you are a doctor because you have a PhD. You can't come out with a sensible solution but to arrest drivers with no receipts. Is it an offence for not keeping a receipt for goods and services one has purchased? ...
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Clement Apaak you are a doctor because you have a PhD. You can't come out with a sensible solution but to arrest drivers with no receipts. Is it an offence for not keeping a receipt for goods and services one has purchased? The onus is with government to get things right and not the users or customers. This alleged collusions could easily be stopped if you reduce the personal inter-actions between the drivers and ticket sellers or booth attendants. You can achieve this by introducing technology. Install electronic machines and camera at the toll points. This technology should be able to recognise the type of the vehicle and relevant amount to be paid. This technology is very common on advanced economies. Due to erratic power supply the back up generators can be installed. The initial set costs may be high but the pay back period of the system would be very short for there would be no leakages.
We know the government has no penny to rub on or is nearing the position of a church mouse. So, I suggest Public and Private Initiative.
Asoreba 9 years ago

The receipt is the property of the individual and they can decide to do whatever they want with it. You can't force anybody to keep his or her receipt or face panelties. This is gungle law or what? If you wnat records, sta ...
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The receipt is the property of the individual and they can decide to do whatever they want with it. You can't force anybody to keep his or her receipt or face panelties. This is gungle law or what? If you wnat records, start from your agents who are giving out the tickets. Make the tickets duplicate so that you can verify better still, this is the 21st Century, install a system which will count and record each car that crosses the toll booth. You can then verify the numbers of cars that have passed each lane and compare with money collected. Let's be innovative and not create stupid laws.
Adjei 9 years ago

Indsicpline has become part of the moral fibre of the Ghanaian who refuses to separate political affiliation from doing the right thing. It is a shame we have to let the President do our jobs for us. Typically the supervisors ...
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Indsicpline has become part of the moral fibre of the Ghanaian who refuses to separate political affiliation from doing the right thing. It is a shame we have to let the President do our jobs for us. Typically the supervisors were trying to condone wrong doing. I am hoping that this will be a lesson to all of us who use the toll booth. The other point is that some Ghanaians do not respect the value of money. It is an opportunity for Good NGOs to mobilise money from the extra rich and give to the poor and needy. The Government has a role to research into this phenomenon. Afterall this is what governanceis about.
SAMANSAMAN 9 years ago

Prosecution to the TOLLBOTH THIEVES YES. Prosecution to SENIOR GOVT.OFFICIAL THIEVES NO.

Prosecution to the TOLLBOTH THIEVES YES. Prosecution to SENIOR GOVT.OFFICIAL THIEVES NO.
EKO YIE PAA 9 years ago

GHANA PAA. WHERE ON THE TOLL TICKET DOES IT SAY ONE SHOULD KEEP TICKETFOR POSSIBLE INSPECTION, STUPID. BUSHMEAT!!!!

GHANA PAA. WHERE ON THE TOLL TICKET DOES IT SAY ONE SHOULD KEEP TICKETFOR POSSIBLE INSPECTION, STUPID. BUSHMEAT!!!!

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