THE Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) has inaugurated a committee to review and deliberate on complaints from its sector.
It has Mr Fred Asare Dankwah as its Chairman, with Mrs Ama Juantuah Banful, Mr David Ofosu-Dorte, Mrs Florence Attram, Mr Orlando Kofi Tetteh, Mr Joseph Buckson and Mrs Hagar Nana Bema Tackie as members.
Inaugurating the committee, the Deputy Minister of Transport, Ms Dzifa Aku Attivor, said the establishment of the committee, dubbed the Railway Complaints, Appeal and Review Panel (RCARP), was in fulfilment of Act 779 (Section 99) of the Railway Act 2008.
She said the act stipulated that the RCARP should be established and members appointed by the minister to review and deliberate on complaints and the rule of procedure in accordance with the act.
According to her, the act further stated that decisions of the panel in respect of internal administration review would be final and copied to the GRDA for its information and records without the interference of the authority or any government agency.
Ms Attivor said the vision of the ministry was to create an integrated cost-effective, secure and sustainable transportation system responsible for the needs of society.
She said the ministry also sought to establish Ghana as a transportation hub within the West African sub-region to support growth and poverty reduction.
She said rail transportation remained one of the flagships on the agenda of President Mills and also the topmost in the prioritisation of the Transport Sector Development Programme.
Ms Attivor said the government had provided $2 million under a minimum intervention package for the rehabilitation of the Western Rail Line that remained the mainstay of the nation’s railway network.
The Chairman, Mr Fred Asare Dankwah, thanked the minister and assured her of the panel’s selfless effort in the administration of its duties.
In a related development, the board chairman of the GRDA has inaugurated a three-member committee for the Railway Fund Committee to manage the funds of the authority, either by law or through budget allocation.
He said if the railway systems were expanded and managed properly, it would help solve the heavy vehicular traffic in the country.
The Chairman of the committee, Mr Yaw Asamoah Aning, said funds would be generated from levies and other services for the use of the authority.
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