Arrangements are now set in motion for the establishment of the country’s first Railway University.
This is based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into by the management of the Russian railway company - Geo Services and the University of Ghana respectively.
Under the MoU, the Engineering Department of the University of Ghana will in affiliation with a leading Russian Railway University set up the institution while Geo Services serves as the facilitator of the project.
Commenting on the initiative to the media - Chief Executive Officer of Geo Services, Sergey Kamnev said the company had been, “mandated to open the first Railway University in Africa at the shores of Ghana. Fortunately, Ghana Railway Authority has the physical structures in Takoradi already, so we are going to renovate and upgrade it to a universityâ€.
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“In view of this, we have had series of meetings with the Engineering Department of the University of Ghana, Legon and one of the best Railway Universities in Russia and have signed the Memorandum of Understanding,†he added.
The proposed Railway University has been heralded by the Ghanaian as a welcomed development – especially, on its potential for raising the next generation of Ghana’s railway sector workers.
Meanwhile, the current administration has stated clearly its intention to network the entire nation by rail as a means of promoting domestic trade and boosting the economy.
In view of this, the government expressed its plans to enter into a public-private partnership arrangement for the two specific projects; the development of the Eastern Railway Line and the Boankra Inland Port projects estimated at about US$2.4billion.