{"id":400352,"date":"2017-07-12T13:15:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/12\/sekondi-takoradi-chamber-of-commerce-industry-calls-for-revamping-of-railways-sector\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:15:42","slug":"sekondi-takoradi-chamber-of-commerce-industry-calls-for-revamping-of-railways-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/12\/sekondi-takoradi-chamber-of-commerce-industry-calls-for-revamping-of-railways-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Sekondi Takoradi Chamber of Commerce &#038; Industry calls for revamping of Railways Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Wednesday, 12 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Eye on Port<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/86520661.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sekondi Takoradi Railway\" title=\"Sekondi Takoradi Railway\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Effective railway sector will have great impact on the national economy &#8211; Peter Amo Bediako<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499865342_458_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Sekondi Takoradi chamber of commerce and industry has held a public lecture on revitalisation of the railway sector and its impact and implication on the twin city of Sekondi and Takoradi.<\/p>\n<p>Following the expansion of both the Tema and Takoradi ports of Ghana, it has become increasingly necessary for the rail sector in the country to be revived.<\/p>\n<p>This is expected to increase the efficiency of the ports of Ghana ahead of its competitors in the West African sub-region and also improve the transit trade.<\/p>\n<p>The Marketing and Public Affairs Manager at the Port of Takoradi, Peter Amo Bediako said an effective railway sector will have a great impact on the national economy and win the majority of the transit trade for the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ghana\u2019s neighbouring countries are developing their railway sectors in their respective countries, hence, Ghana will be lagging behind if the necessary attention is not given to the rail sector.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Kwabena Nketia II, the Paramount Chief of Eskado stressed the need for the port and rail sectors to be developed alongside the cities in which they are located.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the revamping of the rail sector will reduce the spate at which roads in the country get destroyed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Wednesday, 12 July 2017 Source: Eye on Port 2017-07-12 Effective railway sector will have great impact on the national economy &#8211; 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