Minister of Finance Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has unveiled the federal government’s plan to declare Takoradi Port as a port for the Sahel area.
He stated Takoradi Port would grow to be a significant hall for landlocked international locations importing items by means of Ghana.
The mission goals to guard the nation’s street community, which is beneath intense strain from the motion of heavy autos carrying meals and different items from the Sahel and different West African international locations.
Talking on the Ishmael Yamson and Associates Enterprise Roundtable in Accra, Dr Forson stated dialogue continues between Ghana and landlocked international locations equivalent to Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali.
“We’ll be certain that street overloading, which destroys street funding, is a factor of the previous. A key long-term intervention is to develop the railways that serve our brothers and sisters within the Sahel,” he stated.
The Prime Minister introduced that his authorities will construct a rail line from Takoradi to Hamir as a significant technique of transporting items to northern Ghana.
Individuals from international locations such because the Sahel, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger can obtain items from Hamir within the Higher West area,” he stated.
He revealed that though the mission is capital intensive, it’s going to contribute higher to the nation’s financial system in the long term.
