{"id":758358,"date":"2019-12-04T20:25:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T20:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/ghana-to-get-first-class-railway-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T20:25:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T20:25:20","slug":"ghana-to-get-first-class-railway-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/ghana-to-get-first-class-railway-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to get first class railway \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Nana Akufo-Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to building a first class railway network in Ghana.<\/p>\n

According to
\nPresident Akufo-Addo, this is to revamp the sector which has deteriorated over
\nthe years since colonial rule ended in Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe British left us a functioning railway system, we didn\u2019t look after it, and we allowed it to deteriorate. For this part of the 21st century, a major responsibility is on you, on me, my successors, to rebuild the railway infrastructure in our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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President Akufo-Addo said this while addressing workers of the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) at the Diesel Multiple Unit workshop shed in Tema as part of his tour of the Greater Accra region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is obvious that rail transport is environmentally friendly, it is efficient, it is less costly and it is generally a more intelligent way of moving people and goods than any other form of transport.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther people have got first class railway systems in the world, Ghana we are going to have a first class railway system in our country,\u201d President Akufo-Addo said confidently.<\/p>\n

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Minister for Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, also in his remarks noted that by 2023, Ghana must have a viable railway sector that will meet the transportation needs of the citizenry. <\/p>\n

He further indicated that over 10 coaches which were to be scrapped were being reformed by the hardworking GRCL workers.<\/p>\n

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