Ghana High Commission owes £4.9m in London congestion charge payments - Report

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  • Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 2 years ago

    We won’t pay.


    Y3 tua. When your ships docked on the shores of Ghana and west Africa to capture slaves, did you pay any congestion? Mmoa.

  • Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 2 years ago

    Y3n tua

  • Sinkhala 2 years ago

    They are lying! Those embassy staff members just want to milk some hefty pounds from the state. They are all criminals. If they have truly caused such a gargantuan amount in fines and penalties, then NONE of them deserves to ...
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  • Sp 2 years ago

    Animals even think better than you

  • Maame Grace 2 years ago

    Kwasea did you read and understood what has been written.
    If they dont deserve to work there why dont you apply to take over.
    Kurasenii ..

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  • Nii 2 years ago

    Check the top 10 countries on the list Ghana is the only developing country meaning there is something wrong with our discipline.The other 9 countries are all developed which would demand more engagement around London.

  • Joe 2 years ago

    Check Nigeria. They owe over 8 million pounds.

  • Me too 2 years ago

    Yes, they paid your greedy ancestors in the form of things like alcohol, mirrors, silver cutlery, guns, gun powder, etc etc. And their greedy descendants continue to sell off the nation for their parochial interests

  • Joe 2 years ago

    Close the embassy down and go back to africa

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  • Kwabena Ohemeng, London 2 years ago

    Ghana should not pay a penny to TFL. Diplomats have the right to drive to any part of London in pursuant of their diplomatic duties. The congestion charge prevents them from doing that.This is illegal!!

  • Zoroaster 2 years ago

    Ohemeng, are you mad..???? Do you own the city of London? Are you the only High Commission in that city? Nasty fool... are you the one who will define what is legal to the British? The impudence....

  • JJ 2 years ago

    Then The Ghana government should charge the British £5.9m for driving on our roads in Ghana. Can we have the balance of £1m please
    I think all the countries being charged by TFL should also charge the British for driving o ...
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  • Kwabena Ohemeng, London 2 years ago

    Zoroaster,I repeat to you that Ghana will not pay a penny of the amount demanded by TFL. If the TFL has the power to take our embassy to court it can do so.Our embassy operates under the Geneva convention ,period.

  • Buga 2 years ago

    The amount is too much to believe. This is not true

  • Bomber 2 years ago

    This congestion charge was taken as a tax and foreign consulates don't pay tax. How did Ghana get to owe such amounts? When the congestion charges started it was US consulate who protested initially that they don't pay tax so ...
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  • Donatus 2 years ago

    Togo, next door neighbour is owing only £40.00

  • Kofi Mensah 2 years ago

    I believe the charges varies with the location of the embassy edifice and the number of vehicles that the embassy uses and the number of hours an embassy openy per day.

  • Slim 2 years ago

    Let's sell Akufo Addo to the "alumi ya zo" guys from Niger. Or to any interested scrap dealer, home and abroad.

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  • Yaw 2 years ago

    such a mischievous article !

  • Gilbert 2 years ago

    It is that FOOLISH lifestyle we practice in Ghana that has brought us here. Some people dont need to drive to the High Commission to work!!! Just take a public transport or a cab. Some FOOLISH IDIOTS living foolish lifestyles ...
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  • Owusu 2 years ago

    What kind of cheap reporter are you. Talking about Ghana High commission and you post a picture of Ghana Flag at US consulate in New York! Why don’t you educate yourself properly before putting pen to paper ?

  • Cephas 2 years ago

    Cut down the number of vehicles in the pool of the High Commission , and other person using his private vehicle must be made to bear the charges

  • Gilbert 2 years ago

    Absolutely sensible. These are bloody foolish but arrogant people who think working in a High Commission makes you a royal. VERY FOOLISH IDIOTS. You dont do those FOOLISH things in a sensible country. The system would make yo ...
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  • Man Nie 2 years ago

    Akufo Addo is one HUMONGOUS curse on Ghana.

  • Water again 2 years ago

    If we'd been paying monthly it wouldn't have piled up like this. How careless

  • Kofi 2 years ago

    We mist notice what is all about. This issue is related to almost if not all Diplomatic High Commissions in UK.

  • Akora 2 years ago

    The City of London is divided into zones(1-6) and zone one , the city area attracts congestion fees, ostensibly to lower the volume of traffic. Ghana Embassy is in Highgate (zone 2 or 3) outside the congestion zone. To avoid ...
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  • Victor Asiedu-Young 2 years ago

    Wow, this is a surprise. We hope everything will be sorted out soon

  • Fred Oppong-ntow bronx new york 2 years ago

    This is no news, it's a violation of the Vienna convention, every soverngnty is excluded from the congestion tax:: USA ones over 15 million.please stop the sensation

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  • OheneBaBa 2 years ago

    If the embassy is sensible enough, they would opt for the electric cars instead. That's what others do. Electric cars don't attract ULEZ and congestion charge. Simple

  • Earl Jones 2 years ago

    It is a tax and Ghana embassy must do well to ignore it or set up a similar one in Accra