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Takoradi-Paga railway to begin this year - Akufo-Addo

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  • AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

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    If you listen to Joe Ghartey and his committee members you will think they are conducting radio interview. The sort of questions they ask make one wonder if they are intelligent at all. They only allowed Ayariga to rehash ...
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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (INVISIBLE FORCE ) 7 years ago

    ####=AUTHOR: ABENA-------NDC has ruled Ghana for so many years .When they were given the Opportunity to find oil for us, they couldn't do it.NPP came for just 8 years and found oil for Ghana .We all know how NDC spent the oil ...
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  • Anokye Twum-Antwi 7 years ago

    If the new government is really serious about opening the country, and by extension the sub-region, by constructing a railway line from Takoradi to Paga, then this would be one of the most gigantic and beneficial projects tha ...
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  • Lori 7 years ago

    Dangerous moves of the dwarf.

  • Agyem Tema 7 years ago

    Ghanaians are in a hurry. We need the railways

  • K. NYARKO 7 years ago

    And you are the stupid giant l suppose

  • kofi papabi 7 years ago

    is this president serious? you can't fix roads now you gonna build and fix this distance. God help gh. this 70 something year olman is cuckoo.

  • AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

    You ain't seen nothing yet

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (INVISIBLE FORCE ) 7 years ago

    ###AUTHOR: ABENA-------NDC has ruled Ghana for so many years .When they were given the Opportunity to find oil for us, they couldn't do it.NPP came for just 8 years and found oil for Ghana .We all know how NDC spent the oil m ...
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  • Che Andrew 7 years ago

    Well, it is possible to spend more on rail transportation than on road transportation. I am only concerned that nearly all governments of the 4th republic have promised to improve rail transportation but have done very little ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 7 years ago

    Brother I hope you get the opportunity to experience what a reliable railway systems can contribute towards the development of a nation. Don't even go too far maybe just South Africa and come back, that will change your perce ...
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  • BOY KOFI 7 years ago

    If you tell me that you have secured a $2 billion loan to construct railway lines from Kumasi to Paga then I may say yes.From Takoradi-Paga without any detail is just a joke.Don't worry be happy.

  • AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

    Railway from T'di to Paga will save cost on road construction, cost of transportation, create jobs, clean the environment, eradicate corruption in road construction contract process, make our roads to last longer, put money i ...
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  • Kofi 7 years ago

    How many kilometers?How long?How much is it going to cost?

  • CITIZEN KWAME 7 years ago

    Awaso Dunkwa takoradi railway also needs attention Nana Addo

  • Ben Atsu____Rome,Italy 7 years ago

    I can see you've never traveled outside Ghana to the industrised countries, which rely heavily on rail transport,you and your likes will remain in your outmoded mentality all your life

  • i jahman 7 years ago

    You have said it all,I live in a city which is 1,732kilometers from state capital yet Train is our source of transporting containers from to where i live.
    It is very sad when you are dealing with educated illiterates,if we d ...
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  • Ben Atsu____Rome,Italy 7 years ago

    I can see some people are suffering from an awkward mentality, they should come to Europe and see how they rely heavily on rail transport.village mental people will remain as such all their life

  • Cooljo 7 years ago

    We should make sure the thieves doesnt steal the rail line .. Nana put in more measure before this project takes off. if not it will turn to be SADA project. iam with you NANA

  • Kwabena ohemeng,london 7 years ago

    If Akuffo Addo starts the revamping of the Railways and construct new ones to connect other areas of Ghana I will campaign for him to be re-elected in 2020 even though I belong to the CPP.The Railways is one of the most impor ...
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  • Kofi Adjei 7 years ago

    These are some of the infrastructure the country need. Such projects are game changers for the country. I pray that this program succeeds.

  • AKUFO, ALL DIE BE DIE UGLY DWARF 7 years ago

    ANOTHER STUPID VAIN PROMISES FROM THIS UGLY DWARF. REDUCE ELECTRICITY, WATER BILLS,, NOW INSTEAD OF BUYING THE MOST EXPENSIVE 2017 MERCEDES BENZ . OVER 5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR GHANA @ 60? FOR WHAT?

  • KOJO MENSAH 7 years ago

    Ah what wrong with this government. This project is not viable at all. Is this the change majority of Ghanaians voted for. Ei aye hu paaaoooo.

  • i jahman 7 years ago

    I don't think you know what you are talking about mr.
    You are the worst short sighted man i have ever come across if you do not see the economic viability of this project. Hmmm

  • Atoa 7 years ago

    Ei bragging be this? This is someone who claims he met empty coffers. We are watching

  • calistus 7 years ago

    Is it viable

  • calistus 7 years ago

    The best will be to develop the high commercial be it goods and transport of people.I will have develop accra kumasi have stations at a point where it is short to get to koforidua with a town plan around station,a similar one ...
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  • Accra Resident 7 years ago

    Revamping the rail sector is the single most important project since the Akosombo dam.

  • Kwabena ohemeng,london 7 years ago

    Learn from the Chinese you skeptical ghanaians.The Chinese now use the railways to transport manufactured goods from China to the UK.Why?Because it is cheaper and faster.The railways is the cheapest means to transport goods,e ...
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  • Sundiata 7 years ago

    Please don't forget Accra to Aflao through Keta and Ho.

  • Paa Joe 7 years ago

    MR PRESIDENT,PLEASE, SEE FIRST TO REHABILITATE THE KOJOKROM -TARKWA-
    DUNKWA -ON OFFIN-KUMASI-NKAWKAW-KOFORIDUA-ACCRA AND
    HUNI-VALLEY -ACHIASI-ACCRA LINES BEFORE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF TAKORADI-PAGA AND TEMA-AKOS ...
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