The Railway Minister, Joe Ghartey has taken a giant step towards the establishment of a railway equipment assembly plant in Ghana.This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Railway Ministry, on behalf of the Government of Ghana and a leading global railway parts manufacturing company, Global Railway Manufacturing Ghana.

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This has become necessary as government pursues its vision of establishing railway sector as a viable transportation option for Ghanaians.Joe Ghartey noted that both parties have a shared responsibility to accomplish agreed tasks within a four-month period after which a decision will be made whether or not to execute the project.

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“This MoU gives them exclusivity for four months and within 4 months we expect that they would have finished their necessary feasibility study and would have decided whether we intend to go ahead or not.“The government of Ghana has responsibility under this MoU to provide facilities, give them information and to give them facilities where they can assemble the plants.

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We will leave it to them to look at our facilities in Tema, the GMU workshop, our facilities in Esikado at location and also our facilities in Takoradi.“After the 4 months exclusivity period, there is an opportunity to extend it further depending on how far we have reached,” he announced to the press after the signing ceremony.

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Government has begun the construction f railway lines across the country and the rehabilitation of old lines.The Akufo-Addo government upon assumption to office in 2017 made it clear it intended to revamp the ailing sector to create alternative and convenient means of transportation for Ghanaians.Source: abcnewsgh.com

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