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BY: By Doreen Hammond
Category: General News
Maame Akua’s home at night. She wakes up at dawn and leaves the area before daylight because it is illegal to be there.
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Among the milling crowd near the rail lines at the CMB market in Accra sat 18-year-old Maame Akua Owusua.
She looked confused and in need of help to navigate herself out of the hardship she had knowingly or otherwise plunged herself.
In front of her were a few lemons she called her wares though the proceeds from the lemons she sells in traffic could not feed her and her two-year-old daughter, let alone pay her rent of GH¢15 a week.
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BY: Dotsey Koblah Aklorbortu
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Ghana Railways made immeasurable contribution towards the attainment of the country’s independence in 1957.
It also contributed to the creation of a nation and an economy backed by the rail sector 64 years ago.
The idea to establish a railways sector in 1895 and port in the late 1920s made the Ghana Railways Corporation become the first corporate institution in the then Gold Coast, which gave birth to several other companies.
In spite of its part in the fight for independence and pioneering role in birthing many companies in the country, Ghana Railways is a pale shadow of itself and a former senior management staff of the then Ghana Railways Corporation has lamented the current poor state of the company.
John-Peter Amewu, Minister of Railways Development and Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe Constituency, has said one of his many plans for the railway sector was to leave a legacy of a revamped and robust sector driving Ghana 39;s transport sector and economy during and after his tenure. He said he would also detach the Asset ownership role of the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) as a regulator of the industry adding that ldquo;I sincerely believe this will help bring
The Minister of Railways Development, Mr John-Peter Amewu, has stated that one of his many plans for the railway sector is to leave a legacy of a revamped and robust sector that drives Ghana’s transport sector.
He said it would also be his priority as the new minister to speed up processes for the completion of the Intercontinental transportation system through rail from Tema to Burkina Faso.
Mr Amewu, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hohoe Constituency, said the completion of the system would facilitate the supply of products and services while creating a good business bond with neighbouring Burkina Faso and beyond.
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