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<\/p>\nPresident Akufo-Addo has arrived in Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou to begin his 2-day tour of that country.<\/p>\n
His visit to the country will see him hold talks with his counterpart on the country on issues surrounding infrastructure especially transportation between the two countries.<\/p>\n
At a State Dinner held in his honour, and in responding to the remarks made by His Excellency Roch Marc Christian Kabor\u00e9, President of the Republic of Burkina Faso, President Akufo-Addo indicated that the most important of these initiatives \u201care the regional projects in the area of infrastructure, and especially transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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According to President Akufo-Addo, \u201cit would be, for me, perhaps, the highlight of my presidency if, indeed, I was able, together with you (President Kabor\u00e9), to launch the beginning of the Accra-Ouagadougou railway project.\u201d<\/p>\n
His commitment to this project, he told the Burkinabe leader, is evidenced by the fact that \u201cright at the beginning of my government, I decided to establish a special Ministry for Railways Development in Ghana. In fact, the Minister himself is here to give testimony to the seriousness with which we look at this project.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would be very disappointed if the two sides are unable to find a solution to how we can get the Accra-Ouagadougou railway going\u201d.<\/p>\n
Akufo-Addo stated that \u201cthe concern we have in Ghana, that you know about, is about the control of the water resources of our two countries\u201d, adding that these \u201care matters that we are going to be able to address.\u201d<\/p>\n
The President was referring to the yearly opening of the Bagre Dam spillway, which causes flooding in the 3 Northern Regions of Ghana, resulting in the destruction of lives, farmlands, livestock, and property.<\/p>\n
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Kofi Adda, MP; the Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Atta Akyea, MP, and the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, all accompanied the President on his visit to Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n
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\nBy: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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