A viral video circulating on social media suggests that a toll booth on the Accra-Tema motorway road has been occupied by an individual as residence.It is unknown when the said individual moved into what is said to have been an abandoned booth. However, what can be confirmed is that the toll booth is currently not serving its purpose - that is raking in revenue for the government.

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Per the footage, a shirtless man can be seen cooking in the structure. A utensil is seen placed on a coal pot with vapour emanating from it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Independent Ghana (@independent_gh) The situation has taken many users on social media by surprise. Payment of toll on public roads ceased in November 2021 as part of policy measures announced by government under the 2022 Budget.

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As such, toll booths were unoccupied by workers tasked to collect tolls.Per reports, some toll booths were converted into washrooms. But the recent video comes as a surprise as it is expected that toll booths in the country should have been revamped for operation.In November 2022, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced that the government will reintroduce the collection of road toll on selected roads in the country in 2023.

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The reintroduction of the road toll is one of the revenue measures contained in the 2023 budget presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta last week.

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