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25 promises from the NDC 2024 manifesto and the 120-day social contract. 0 checked so far.

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Not checkedFlagshipOkada · Manifesto · PDF page 109

Legalise and regulate Okada and tricycle transport for safety and rider welfare.

“regularise the transport of passengers and goods by commercial motorcycles known as Okada”

Not checkedAviation · Manifesto · PDF page 64

Help set up a National Airline and turn Ho Airport into an aviation training hub.

“facilitate the establishment of a National Airline”

Not checkedShipping line · Manifesto · PDF page 83

Set up and run a national shipping line.

“national shipping line to promote exports and imports”

Not checkedPort charges · Manifesto · PDF page 84

Review shipping-related charges to cut excessive costs at the port.

“review allied shipping costs to curtail excessive charges”

Not checkedReform · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Bring all transport portfolios (roads, rail, aviation, maritime, NRSA, DVLA) under one streamlined arrangement.

“streamline all transport-related portfolios for the efficient management of highways”

Not checkedUrban transit · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Set up a central control system for buses, light rail and metro on fixed routes and schedules.

“deploy a centralized transit control system for all modes to operate on fixed routes and with fixed”

Not checkedAviation · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Make Ghana the aviation hub of ECOWAS, including an aviation fuel depot.

“make Ghana the aviation hub of ECOWAS for passengers and freight”

Not checkedAviation · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Set up aircraft Maintenance Repairs and Overhaul stations at Tamale and Ho airports.

“establishing certified Maintenance Repairs and Overhaul (MRO) Stations”

Not checkedAviation · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Develop airport lands in Accra and the regions with the private sector under an Airport City scheme.

“Airport City Precinct Development Scheme”

Not checkedRail · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Revamp the Western Corridor railway with the private sector for cargo and passengers.

“revamp the Western Corridor rail line in partnership with the private sector”

Not checkedRail · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Rebuild the Eastern Corridor railway to Kumasi and extend both lines north.

“progressively reconstruct and upgrade the Eastern Corridor rail line to the nodal town of Kumasi”

Not checkedRail · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Run light rail services in Kumasi and Takoradi.

“provide inner-city light rail sub-urban services as an integral part of the western and eastern”

Not checkedRail · Manifesto · PDF page 103

Build an Accra light rail from Nkrumah Circle to Dodowa, Kasoa, Nsawam, Tema, Aburi and Korle Bu.

“roll out the Inner-City Light Rail System in Accra using the Nkrumah Circle as Central Point”

Not checkedPorts · Manifesto · PDF page 105

Upgrade Tema and Takoradi ports as grain transhipment hubs for West Africa.

“upgrade and modernise the port terminals in Tema and Takoradi as grain transhipment hubs”

Not checkedPorts · Manifesto · PDF page 105

Develop and operate the Port of Keta with the private sector.

“partner the private sector to develop and operate the Port of Keta in the Volta Region”

Not checkedPorts · Manifesto · PDF page 105

Restructure Tema Shipyard and Dry Dock with private partners and train people in ship building.

“re-structure the Tema Shipyard and Dry Dock with private sector participation”

Not checkedPorts · Manifesto · PDF page 105

Cut the cost of doing business at the ports by reviewing port laws, duties, levies and taxes.

“reduce the cost of doing business in the ports by reviewing the governing laws, duties, levies”

Not checkedRiver transport · Manifesto · PDF page 105

Dredge the Volta Lake and big rivers and recapitalise the Volta Lake Transport Company for river freight and passengers.

“as a subsidiary entity under the GPHA with a mandate to provide efficient”

Not checkedRoad safety · Manifesto · PDF page 108

Make road safety audits compulsory for urban and trunk roads when they are fixed or built.

“make road safety audits mandatory for urban and trunk roads”

Not checkedRoad safety · Manifesto · PDF page 108

License workshops to fit speed limiters on long-distance commercial vehicles.

“license mechanical workshops to install speed limiters on long-distance commercial vehicles”

Not checkedRoad safety · Manifesto · PDF page 108

Build driver rest centres with overnight lodging on accident-prone roads such as Kintampo and Winneba.

“construct Trucking/Driver Centres along major Road Traffic”

Not checkedDVLA · Manifesto · PDF page 108

Strengthen DVLA so it can properly test and certify professional drivers.

“enhance DVLA”

Not checkedNeoplan · Manifesto · PDF page 108

Revive the Neoplan Assembly Plant, with at least 50 percent of state transport bus replacements bought from it.

“revamp the Neoplan Assembly Plant for the production of both intercity and urban”

Not checkedTerminals · Manifesto · PDF page 108

Upgrade lorry stations at Madina, Achimota, Kaneshie, Korle Bu, Circle, Pokuase, Dansoman and Dodowa.

“upgrade major existing transport terminals in the capital including Madina, Achimota, Kaneshie”

Not checkedPorts · Manifesto · PDF page 119

Build cruise terminals at Tema, Keta, Elmina, Cape Coast and Takoradi with the private sector.

“develop and operate cruise terminals in”