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Ghana should invest in railway transport – ITF

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  • ' and Jesus wept ' 10 years ago

    Stop talking and work ooooooooo na yaabr3 mo ne kasa ooh.

  • Alex London 10 years ago

    Private sector should be encouraged to come and buy and improve the railway networks in the country. The Government should not be allowed to own the rail networks. Look at what is happening at STC.

  • Kanawu 10 years ago

    LET'S WAIT FOR 2016 WHEN THE REAL PATRIOTIC GHANAIANS GET ON BOARD. THESE CROOKS ARE JUST OUT THERE TO LOOT US. WE HAVE ONE ATUGUBA IN GOVT. AND ANOTHER ONE AS A HIGH COURT JUSTICE. WE HAVE ONE BAFFOE-BONNIE IN GOVT. AND ANOT ...
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  • jones 10 years ago

    very gud for ghana to invest in railway that will help

  • Kojo T 10 years ago

    NPP destroyed Ghana Busia did and K4 did. If they had a vision why did NPP not do it with K4?

  • Kwesi Brenu 10 years ago

    It neither happened during the 8 years rule of the NPP . We are quick to talk without analogy .

  • Whatever 10 years ago

    Ghana doesn't need to invest in anything. All Ghana has to do is mobilize is own resources to simply do it. Some people intentionally used that word 'invest' so that they will have the excuse to bring their foreign collaborat ...
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  • Duodu. Düsseldorf 10 years ago

    A nation without any sensible railway system in the year 2014 is failed nation. Ghana should correct this sad situation.

  • marfo 10 years ago

    USELESS PEOPLE, STILL OLD IDEALS AND INTERNATION HELP.GHANA SHOULD THINK OF MAKING TRIANS THEMSELFS .

  • gf 10 years ago

    locomotive trains are outdated,and electric trains are what we need.we still cant supply our nation with electricity let alone trains.Our so called intellectuals are always naive and tries to copy cat with their mouth.

  • DAN 10 years ago

    since ghana cannot produce reliable electric, electric trains like europe are out of question..they must used desiel like has been used in usa for 60 years or more..now they are talk of natural gas powered trains!

  • KYEI BAFFOUR 10 years ago

    WHAT THE GOVT SHOULD HAVE DONE DURING THE RAWLINS TIME WHEN IT BORROWED MONEY FROM THE IMF TO IMPROVE THE TIMBER SECTOR, WAS TO REHABILITATE THE RAILWAY SYSTEM FIRST.THE BORROWED MONEY DID NOT HELP THE TIMBER SECTOR THAT MUCH ...
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  • Bechemniiba(Paris) 10 years ago

    There are no trains in Ghana.I did not see trains at Accra and Kumasi when I visited Ghana in2013.All our presidets studied abroad and they mean to say that they never saw trains . Let Mr.Akuffo tell Ghanaians if he didnt tra ...
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  • Stevenson 10 years ago

    I've been in Ghana 9 years and last week saw for the first time a train that was actually moving. NO! I WAS NOT DRUNK. Apparently it had been made by the Chinese.
    When you get bored of restaurants in Paris try the one in the ...
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  • HABLUTA SENYO 10 years ago

    EVEN IN AMERICA AND CANADA THE GOVERNMENT OFFERS MONEY TO OPERATES WHY NOT GHANA GOVERNMENT INVESTING IN THE RAILWAY WHICH IS ANOTHER MEANS OF CREATING JOBS FOR GHANAIANS.WE CAN SIT DOWN FOR A FOREIGNER COME AND ALWAYS GIVE U ...
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  • pk 10 years ago

    Mr Katende has hit the nail on the head. Invest oil money in developing an efficient nation-wide railway network. It ensures every Ghanaian benefits.
    The government should take full responsibility and not wait for foreigners ...
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  • Kweku Boateng Jnr. 10 years ago

    Yes, perfect Whatever! Ethiopian government mobilised internal resources as the base for the Great Renassaince dam which would produce over 7,000MW. The WB and western powers were originally opposed to the construction. But, ...
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  • JOS 10 years ago

    WB AND THOSE WHO OPPOSSE GREAT VISIONARY KNOWS WHAT GREAT SUCCESS BRING. LEADERS ARE BORN WEN THE MATCH THEIR WORDS WITH VISION AND LEGACY.

  • Sankofa 10 years ago

    This is not a new call.

    The late Shirley Temple Black made the same suggestion years ago when she was US ambassador to Ghana.

    Let us run a shuttle service on the Accra-Tema line, and rehabilitate the national railway sy ...
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  • JOS 10 years ago

    EASY TO STEAL THE NATION PURSE THAN TO DREAM, THAT IS WHAT GHANA LEADERS HAVE DONE TO THIS COUNTRY AND AFRICA. WONDER THIS CONTINENT CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE. IN 1920 THE RAIL LINE WAS BUILD TO HAUL THE MINERALS AND AGRICULTURE P ...
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