RE: UNIVERSITY OF GHANA ROAD TOLLS; HEIGHTS OF HYPOCRISY AND MORAL INSUFFICIENCY
Knowing that the issue of the legality of whether or not University of Ghana has the legal authority to impose road tolls is quite debatable, I would rather pose a few questions to the moral conscience of Members of the University Council and Management of the University who approved such a policy. As it stands now, it is not clear whether the imposition of the road tolls will qualify as a tax under the article 174 of the constitution, 1992. Maybe the courts can clear that for us. My first question is this, if there is the need to charge a road-toll at all, why would the University like to charge 100% higher than what the state charges on our major roads? On our major roads, private cars are charged 0.50p and the University of Ghana is proposing to charge GH¢ 1.00 for private cars and GH¢ 2.00 for commercial cars. Secondly, what is the reason for the charge? Is it to pay off the loan they contracted to repair the University roads or it is to control traffic inflow into th