Mmarahyɛbadwa ama kwan sɛ wɔnsan mfa kwantenpon ne twene so tow mbra bio denam kwan so sika gye kwan a ɛyɛ ɛlɛktroniki koraa so, bere a eggyee mfe 20 Aban ne Ankorankoro Nkitahodi (PPP) kwan ho apam tomu wɔ Akwan ne Akwantempɔn Asɔre (Ministry of Roads and Highways) ne Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) a Rock Africa Limited bɛkyekyere ntam.

Wɔhwɛ kwan sɛ saa apam yi bɛbue kwan ama wɔde ɔman no nyinaa dijital kwan so tow gye afidie besi hɔ a emu botae ne sɛ ɛbɛboaboa sika ano ama akwan mpuntuntuw bere a ɛrebɔ nneɛma te sɛ nnipa tenten a wɔgyina hɔ twɛn ne kar a ɛyɛ pɛsɛɛ wɔ kwan so no nyinaa gu, a na ɛba wɔ dadaw no a na wɔde nsa gye sika no mu.

Pene a wɔpenee so yi bae bere a Mmarahyɛbadwa no Akwan ne Akwantemhyɛ Komiti (Roads and Transportation Committee) amanneɛbɔ wiee no, a Mmarahyɛbadwa no mu ahotefo gyinaa hɔ kyerɛɛ emu mfaso sɛ wɔbɛsan de tow gye no aba bio, a wɔagyama no wɔ Obubuo 2021 mu.

Wɔ nkɔmmɔbɔ no mu no, Bimbilla Mmarahyɛbadwani ne kan Bammɔ Soafo, Dominic Nitiwul, gyinae maa aban a atwam no gyinae a wɔatwa kwan so tow gue no, a ɔkyerɛɛ mu sɛ wɔfaa saa gyinae no gyinaa mprempren sikasɛm tebea a ɛwɔ hɔ no so.

Sɛnea ɔkyerɛe no, aban pɛe sɛ ɛte sika so esoa wɔ kar kafo so wɔ bere a na wɔde Ɛlɛktroniki Kyerɛw Sika Tow (E-Levy) aba no.

“Nea ɛtɔ so mmienu, Owura Kyeame, ne sɛ yɛtwaw kwantenpon so tow no gue wɔ ntease koro pɛ bi nti. Na yɛmpɛ sɛ yɛde e-levy ne kwan so tow nyinaa besoa Ghanafo. Ne titiriw no, na ɛno ne siante no,” ɔkae.

Owura Nitiwul nso de ne mmoa hyɛɛ nhyehyɛe foforo a ɛfa ɛlɛktroniki kwan so tow gye ho no akyi, bere a ɔkae sɛ dijital afidiewuma bɛsiesie adwumayɛ mu haw pii a na ɛwɔ dada nhyehyɛe no mu.

“Sɛ aban no si gyinae sɛ wɔbɛsan de kwan so tow no aba, nanso ɛbɛyɛ ɛlɛktroniki, te sɛ nea mahun wɔ South Africa no a, migye di sɛ mɛfoa so,” ɔkyerɛe.

Ɔhyɛɛ no nsow sɛ kar kafo renhia sɛ wɔgyina tow gyebea (toll booths) bio, na eyi bɛma sika tua ayɛ mmerɛwa koraa na ebewie akwantempɔn akɛse so kyɛre a ɛkyɛre no so.

“Sɛ ɛyɛ ɛlɛktroniki na ɛyɛ mfe 20 a, migye di sɛ ɛyɛ nhyehyɛe pa a ɛsɛ sɛ Ghanafo gye to mu. Efiri sɛ wornim po sɛ kwan so tow wɔ hɔ. Wotwa mu a, nnyigyei bɛba, na woakɔ; osram no awiei no, wɔde wo ka krataa bɛbrɛ wo, na woatua,” ɔkae.

Afei ɔhyɛɛ Mmarahyɛbadwa no nkuran sɛ wɔmfoa apam no akyi, na ɔkyerɛe sɛ ɛyɛ kwan pa a wɔbɛfa so anya sika a ɛyɛ den daa de ayɛ ɔman no akwan mfididwuma.

Mmara mu nhyehyɛe wɔ apam no mu ma ankorankoro mfididwumakuw nya kwan de sika hyɛ mu, yɛ mfoni, di dwuma, na wɔsiesie ɛlɛktroniki tow gye kwan no, a wɔhwɛ kwan sɛ ɛbɛsi nsa so sika gye dada a wɔagyae no ananmu de afidie adwuma foforo abɛsi hɔ.

Aban aka sɛ dijital nhyehyɛe yi bɛma adwumayɛ atu mpɔn, ate sika fena no so, na ama wonya sika kwan a ɛyɛ pɛ de asiesie na wɔatrɛw Ghana akwan so, bere a ebegye kar kafo nkuran ma akwantuo ayɛ mmerɛwa.