According to him, Ghana’s current transport system is congested, and that an efficient railway system, if put in place, will drastically improve the current system.

[contextly_sidebar id=”Krw39r76FYnJWxWyVNVBmm6Oako2Lz31″]Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, he stated that, one cannot be impressed with the transportation system in Ghana, comparing it to what exists in other developed countries.

“Well, my experience maybe, possibly from other developed countries or other emerging countries, is the linkage between the systems there. Unfortunately in our system, what is not available is the railway system to complement public transportation,” he noted.

He said Ghana depends solely on smaller vehicles, with low carrying capacity, which results in more vehicles on the roads, which causes a lot of inconveniences due to the traffic congestion.

He stated that there is nothing special about having a modern urban public transportation because all the technologies are available, adding that what is needed is funding to make it possible and make transportation effective.

“It is a matter of funding, the technology is available, once you are able to get the funding to acquire the technology to build an integrated system that coordinates the traffic light in the city and it gives you updates information that you can use to relate to those who are using the system ”he said.

Government as part of improve the transportation system, has commenced processes to revamp the railway transportation system by dedicating an entire Ministry to the sector.

The railway system among other things, seeks to boost transportation of mineral resources in resource-rich areas of the country. Government also intends connecting Ghana’s rail system to the trans-ECOWAS line.

The Minister for Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, has assured that before the end of President Akufo-Addo’s mandate in 2020, the rehabilitation and construction of the Western rail line and others would be completed.

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By: Farida Yusif/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Her name was among a list of four new ministers of state at the presidency/ministry that was presented to Parliament for vetting and approval.

The other three ministers of state appointed include, Minister of State at the Office of the President, Brian Acheampong, Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nurah Gyeile and Minister of State at the Ministry of Education in charge of Tertiary Education, Kwesi Yankah.

This brings to 14, the number of persons appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo as Ministers of State at the presidency, with 26 others serving as substantive ministers, bringing the number to 40.

The President also on Wednesday, named 50 persons as Deputy Ministers. In all, the President’s ministerial appointments come to 110, the highest since the fourth Republic.

What will be Adwoa Sarfo’s role?

It is unclear what the role of Adwoa Sarfo would be at the Presidency in charge of Public Procurement, considering that the Public Procurement Authority already exists.

The NPP while in opposition argued that, sole sourcing allowed corruption, and benefited a privileged few in the NDC government.

Adwoa Safo, a professional lawyer with specialization in Procurement Law, is thus perhaps expected to push for major changes in public procurement.

She once worked as the first legal officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) for two (2) years, and was very instrumental in the formulation of the proposals that formed the basis for the creation of the Appeals and Complaint Panel of PPA, and the change of the name Public Procurement Board to Public Procurement Authority.

Adwoa Safo calls for more power for procurement authority

At a recent news conference in February, she advocated for the amendment of the public procurement act to give the Procurement Authority, the powers to conduct value for money auditing on sole-sourced projects.

She described as sad, revelations by the Auditor General’s annual reports that 80 percent of the procurement malpractices are centred on sole sourcing.
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By: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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