GHANA TO ASSEMBLE TRAINS LOCALLY- Hon. JOE GHARTEY



Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, has revealed that government is planning to begin assembling trains locally.


The move, he said, forms part of activities aimed at moving Ghana beyond aid and growing an indigenous railway industry that can rub shoulders with those of South Africa and other countries outside Africa.

Mr. Ghartey, who has for nearly two years been actively spearheading the transformation of Ghana’s once ‘dead’ railway sector, was speaking to journalists on Friday on the sidelines of a tour to the Tema-Accra railway line.

The artisans from Suame Magazine have accordingly expressed interest in collaborating with the Ghana Railway Company Limited to refurbish the broken down coaches.

According to the minister, “We want to grow a local indigenous railway industry.”

He added, “We want to come to a situation where not too long from now we will be able to assemble coaches at least in Ghana.”

The minister was clear on President Akufo-Addo’s vision for the railway sector, and that he said is to dominate the African railway industry.


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