Following the recent state visits by President Mills to China and Japan, board

chairman of the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) Dan Markin says those

visits will yield positive results of accelerating the better Ghana schedule.

He said the expression of commitments by both China and Japan to help transform

Ghana’s infrastructure and improve the lives of her people are no fluke.



According to Mr. Dan Markin the government of Ghana has started the process

which will ensure that the over thirteen billion dollar loans, grants and other

agreements which were signed are assessed as quickly as possible to hasten the

country’s developmental agenda.



Speaking to Gold News in Accra, the board chairman of the Ghana Railway

Development Authority (GRDA) said that ‘’China and Japan are reliable partners

in development’’ and also expressed hope that the two countries will not

disappoint Ghanaians. Mr. Dan Markin said.

He said, the good works of the President Mills led government had won Ghana a

lot of investors who had expressed their desire to come and invest in Ghana’s

economy, adding that ‘’the direct investment by both Chinese and Japanese

businessmen in the country could surpass the loans that were signed’’ Dan Markin

stated.

He stressed that the success story from China and Japan is a clear indication of

the fact that ‘’God has been good to Ghana and the President’s good work is

being appreciated all over the world’’ Dan Markin Noted

On whether the commitments made by the Asian countries are realistic or not, he

said ‘’I have no doubts at all that the money promised will be assessed, and the

two countries being Ghana’s reliable development partners will not disappoint

Ghana’’ he said.

‘’the two countries will follow due process to ensure the monies are assessed,

definitely we are going to have the money-Ghana had put in place an

implementation committee which the President will champion to ensure monies are

used for the objective purpose’’ Mr. Markin submitted.

Dan Markin who was part of the President’s delegation to both countries sighted

that, since both countries had helped other economies Ghana can be ‘’sure’’ that

they will deliver. He said ‘’they no they can’t be playing games with these

agreements. They keep to their promise and their words are their bond. Mr Markin

said.

He explained that Ghana did not sign those agreements with just some companies

but banks belonging to the states of China with both Presidents witnessing.

He described the pledges and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which were

signed as biggest investment opportunity that ‘’Ghana had ever had’’.

Story by: Samuel Ablordeppey

samuelablordepey@yahoo.com





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S.A