The National Democratic Congress (NDC)-led administration would reinstate road tolls in Ghana in accordance with the party's 2024 manifesto, according to confirmation from Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Finance Minister-Designate.

Ato Forson stated that the NDC is still dedicated to its pledge to reinstate road tolls, a policy that was eliminated by the previous administration under former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, during his vetting session before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Monday, January 13, 2025.

"The previous government did abolish the road toll, but they indicated that it would return at the end. Despite a concession agreement with a corporation to reintroduce it, they did not lay it before Parliament.

"The road toll will return, as the NDC stated from the beginning. It is not something we are escaping. Therefore, I can guarantee that we are a party that keeps our word. And we will achieve everything we have committed to. If the road toll is a way to raise revenue, we will raise the revenue.”

In order to raise money for the building and upkeep of roads throughout the nation, road tolls were first implemented in Ghana in the early 1990s.

They were a common sight on major roads and highways, where drivers had to pay a toll to use the roads. However, as part of the 2021 budget, the Akufo-Addo-led government controversially decided to do away with road tolls.

The government justified the decision by stating that the tolls had become inefficient and costly to collect, and that the revenue generated was minimal in comparison to the expenses involved in running the toll system.

The cancellation was then replaced with the controversial E-Levy.