Ghana and neighbouring Togo are due
to commence two major projects in the water and transport sectors that will
enhance development partnership between the two countries. The President of the
Republic of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, is on a three-day State visit to
Ghana. The visit is expected to further enhance friendly ties between Ghana and
Togo. President Faure Gnassingbe and his Ghanaian counterpart John Mahama will
commission a railway project that will operate from Aflao in the Volta Region
into Togo to serve the domestic cement industry there. The two presidents will
also sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Ghana’s supply of potable
water from the Volta River to Togo. Presidential spokesperson, Ben Dotse Marlor
told Citi News the two projects will also benefit Ghanaians living in the
surrounding communities. He said, “the railway project is largely Togolese led
and it is to move the goods from the cement factory which is next door to Lome
basically in Aflao, but leading into Togo. Faure Gnassingbe is in Ghana for a
three-day working visit which is expected to further develop, enhance and
consolidate the friendly and brotherly relations existing between Ghana and
Togo, its people and the two leaders. The bilateral discussions between the two
sides will focus on a joint water project that will serve Ghana and Togo,
Energy, Security and Health. The two presidents on November 3, 2014, opened a
joint Ghana-Togo border post at Noefe in the Volta Region. The project is aimed
at reducing the frustrations citizens go through at the borders and to
facilitate trade between member states.
Source:Citifmonline.com
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