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Looks like the Nana Akuffo Addo light emitting diode government is bent on passing the E-levy tax despite calls by many Ghanaians that they are not likely to pay and the minority in Parliament should make certain the bill is not approved. A new comment from the Minister of Roads Kwasi Amoako-Atta has got people wondering if the government of your day can’t do anything for the citizens if the controversial E-Levy is not passed or approved. According to the Minister, his ministry is anticipating for the E-levy to be passed so they can be able to pay road contractors for their works. Speaking to some contractors at a meeting, that he urged them to head out and speak for the E-levy to be passed since they (contractors) would-be beneficiaries of the money received which would make them work more for mother Ghana. That he said: “…E-levy comes, we get our first share into the roads sector. In just a very short time, all outstanding contractors’ debts will be paid and you can work more because of this country. And we are expectant of you to speak, you are going to function as the direct beneficiaries and any serious government will not joke with Contractors because the construction industry is where from the unskilled to the skilled people are employed. ” Mr Amoako-Atta continued that “If you want me to circulate very well, pay Contractors”. The Minister, speaking about the tollbooths’ deactivation, stated that the average annual revenue cannot even build a 10-kilometre road. “…the tollbooth, we were certainly getting an average of GHc 68 million a year, about 5 to 6 million a month most of the 38 tollbooths we have in Ghana that everyone thought that we were collecting revenue. We have been saying this on a regular basis and you are Contractors; you realize the cost of even constructing a kilometre of road. When you get GHc 68million typically the whole year, January to December, you are Contractors, with regards to the ground condition, if you don’t take care, that amount can’t even construct 10 kilometers of road”
