December 6

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DAILY QUOTE
I always believe holidays
strengthen the family
bond, away from our
daily hectic schedules
— Chiranjeevi
CONTENT
ANNIVERSARIES
Fri. Dec. 7 — Farmer’s Day
Tues. Dec. 25 — Christmas
Wed. Dec. 26 — Boxing Day
DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018
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FOREIGN
Mueller investigation:
No jail time
sought for Trump
ex-adviser Michael
Flynn
PG.04
ARTS
& ENT
Top artistes to thrill
at ‘Weija Stands
in Worship’
PG.14
BUSINESS
MTN rewards loyal
MoMo agents
PG.10
SPORTS
‘Fruits and Vegetables
Jama Walk’ to hit East
Legon on Farmers Day
PG.15
Let's build first class
railway industry
BY WILLBERFORCE ASARE
PRESIDENT Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo is urging
all stakeholders in the railway
sector to put their shoulders to
the wheel and partner the government
to build a first class railway transportation
system for the benefit of the
people of Ghana and to create wealth for
same.
President Akufo-Addo, addressing staff
of the Ghana Railway Development Authority
and other stakeholders in Accra
when he inspected ongoing works on the
construction of Accra railways at Kantamanto,
said, "the railway project is a national
project. It is about the
transformation and development of our
country.
“I want to appeal to all those who are
involved in the sector, from the Minister
through to the leaders of the Railway Authority
and the Railway Company, workers,
everybody, put your shoulder to the wheel.
Let us go that extra mile and let us establish
a first class, world class, railway infrastructure
in our country to propel the
development and the growth of same."
Railway dwellers
In his address, the President made a
passionate appeal to persons who live
— Prez to sector stakeholders
along the railway lines to vacate the place
since with the introduction of high speed
trains, living along the railway lines would
no longer be a safe thing to do.
"In the olden days till now when the
railways had trains that moved slowly, you
could get away. We are going to have trains
that will travel at 100 miles per hour, high
•President Nana Akufo-Addo with Joe Gartey,
Minister for Railways Development
speed rails. For the safety of everybody, let
us get away from the rail lines and preserve
life," the President said.
The President added that he was encouraged
by the level of work going on in
the railway industry and commended the
sector Minister for doing a yeoman's job to
revive, build and add rail transport to the
means of transportation in the country.
Minister for Railways Development
The Minister for Railways Development,
Mr Joe Ghartey, in his brief remarks,
said work on the railway from Kumasi to
Paga would commence in the first quarter
of the year 2019 with the allocation of
some $500 million dollars in the 2019 fiscal
policy of the government for same.
The Minister added that feasibility studies
had commenced for the proposed construction
of light rail lines in Accra and
Kumasi. He solicited the prayers of
Ghanaians so that a bankable document
would be realised from the ongoing study
so that in the course of 2019, the government
could begin the construction of light
rails in the two major cities of the country.
Ministry of Railways Development
The Ministry of Railways Development
was established by President Akufo-Addo
in February, 2017. The Ministry has been
tasked with ensuring the rapid development
of a modern rail network in Ghana.
A network connecting the country’s
major cities of Accra, Kumasi, Sekondi-
Takoradi and Tamale and also positioning
Ghana for use as the route for transporting
goods from landlocked countries north of
Ghana, such as Burkina Faso, to the ports
of Tema and Takoradi and also from the
ports to the landlocked countries is essentially
the major motivation behind the cre-
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