Czech to support Ghana with urban rail transport

The Czech government has expressed her willingness to support the government of Ghana to establish ultra-modern urban rail system and to help revive some of Ghana's defunct factories.

They have also agreed to share their technological and other professional expertise for Ghana to generate more power and transmit electricity for both domestic and the external markets.

These decisions were taken when Vice President John Dramani Mahama who is currently on an official visit to the country paid a courtesy call on Mr. Petr Necas, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic at his office at Prague.

Their meeting centred on three major issues of power and electricity generation, urban transport and the maximum use of oil and gas in the country as soon as the exploitation begins.

Vice president Mahama appealed to the Prime Minister to send a team of Experts to come out with estimates and all the necessary projections for the government to embark on the urban rail system which he said would not only decongest the major cities of the country, but would also help create more jobs for the unemployed.

He noted that the jute, shoe, sugar and tyre factories that were established by the government of Ghana in collaboration with the Czech Republic were all grounded and called for better collaborations that would revive those factories in their various locations.

Vice President Mahama said the government was spending a chunk of money importing shoes and boots for the security services and appealed to the Czech government to also consider supporting them to revamp that factory so that it could supply shoes and boots on resumption for both internal and international markets.

Mr. Necas said the Czech Republic was into all the areas discussed and would therefore engage the czech Ministries of Trade and Foreign Affairs to come out with the best technocrats to Ghana to carry out feasiblity studies that would enhance and facilitate the implementation of those programmes in the shortest possible time.

Prime Minster Necas said Ghana was a great nation in terms of good governance, stability and democracy and he would therefore be proud to engage her in a number of partnerships for their mutual benefit.

"Past governments of Ghana and the Czech republic have over the years established good relations and I promise that this time round the relationship is going to move even better."

The Vice President also visited Veclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic where their meeting was held behind closed doors.


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Story: Office Of The Vice President
10/11/10