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Mr Mike Hammah, Minister for Transport, on Wednesday said rail transport would be developed to address the recent spate of road accidents.
He said education, enforcement and engineering alone could not fully address the problem of road accidents stressing the need for rail transport to help cut down on the carnage.
The Minister made the statement when Dr Marius Haas, German Ambassador to Ghana, and Mr Yannick Aplogan, General Manager of Lufthansa in Ghana, paid a courtesy call on him in Accra.
Mr Hammah said it was difficult to sustain the country’s road infrastructure and therefore appealed to the German government to cooperate with Ghana at the bilateral level so that government could access grants for development.
The Minister said the recent oil find in the country would be a challenge to the transport sector, especially the ports, since the infrastructure was poorly developed for transporting the oil.
He added that, in view of the oil and gas find, the Ministry would
organize a workshop in July, engaging all stakeholders in the transport industry to discuss the challenges of the oil find on the transport sector.
Dr Haas said the two countries needed to cooperate to identify strategic areas and projects that could be developed.
He urged government to engage the private sector in the development agenda of the government to enable them to access funds to develop various sectors.
Source: GNA
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