President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed calls for the government to fix Ghana’s roads and related infrastructure before implementing the TraffiTech-GH traffic enforcement system.
According to Mahama, the roads are not perfect in the UK, yet they have speed cameras, insisting that road safety measures must not wait for perfect road conditions.
Mahama also backed the TraffiTech-GH traffic enforcement system, telling motorists unhappy with the penalties under the system to avoid speeding rather than complain about the cost of fines.
President Mahama stressed that drivers who observed prescribed speed limits would have no reason to worry about penalties.
He noted that compliance with traffic regulations was the straightforward way to avoid sanctions.
Speaking in an interview with 1957 News on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Jumby Bay Island in Antigua and Barbuda, Mahama stated, “If the [fines are too expensive, then don’t overspeed; that’s all; there is a solution to it”.
Mahama argued that the enforcement of speed limits was necessary to address dangerous driving and reduce preventable road crashes.
President Mahama also rejected suggestions that the government should postpone the deployment, saying, “My understanding is that Traffitech has begun with overspeeding; they have not yet added the other components of jumping red light, parking wrongly”.
“And so I hear they [the public] say we should fix the roads before we introduce Traffitech. I mean, it doesn’t happen like that. The roads are not perfect in the UK, and yet they have speed cameras,” he added.
However, President Mahama directed the police and agencies responsible to install clear warning signs ahead of locations where speed cameras are deployed.
Mahama added, “All I will urge is that the police and those implementing Traffitech should put signs showing where the cameras are, because that is one of the things you need to do if you are introducing this kind of innovation”.
“You need to put signposts, warning motorists that there is a speed camera ahead. I think that transparency is important”.
“If you look at the number of children knocked down every year in Ghana when they are coming from school, you will understand why it is important for us to check over speeding. Children coming from school are knocked down and killed or permanently injured, and so it is important for us to check speeding”, he said.
Meanwhile, information gathered detailed that the Government of Ghana receives GH¢60 out of every GH¢100 generated by the TraffiTech-GH revenue, while the private partner, NTMEL, retains the remaining GH¢40 under the revenue-sharing arrangement.
Reports suggest the arrangement forms part of an 11-year agreement valued at GH¢77.73 million, which is expected to run until December 2033.
Under the deal, revenue generated from the traffic camera system is shared between the government and NTMEL, with the state taking the larger portion of the proceeds.
According to the figures, for every GH¢100 earned through the system, GH¢60 goes to the government, while GH¢40 is retained by the private partner.
Also, under the original contract arrangement, NTMEL’s shareholders injected a further €550,000 in November 2024 to support the continuation of the project.
Reports suggest the additional funding was intended to keep the project running and sustain its operations.
Meanwhile, the TraffiTech-GH system is part of Ghana’s efforts to use technology to improve road traffic monitoring and enforcement, including the detection of traffic violations.
The revenue-sharing structure, contract value and additional shareholder investment provide an insight into the financial arrangements underpinning the project, which is scheduled to remain in operation until the end of 2033.
Additionally, reports detailed that the contract was signed on December 23, 2022, under Akufo-Addo’s NPP administration.
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The newly introduced TraffiTech system has been the talk of the town in Ghana since it became operational on November 1, 2026. Following a breakfast meeting for Commonwealth Heads of Government, convened by Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey at Jumby Bay Island in Antigua and Barbuda, I engaged President Mahama, an active social media user, to find out whether he had heard about the buzz surrounding TraffiTech back home and to seek his comments on the public reactions.
— The1957News (@The1957News) November 4, 2026
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