Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia joined leadership and students of the University of Ghana, as well as other distinguished guests, for the 75th Annual New Year School, at the University of Ghana, Legon in Accra.
The New Year School, a long standing and cherished tradition of the University of Ghana, provides a unique platform at the beginning of the year, to members of the academia, public and private sectors, to deliberate on issues of national interest.
Addressing the gathering on this year’s theme: “Nurturing resilience: Adopting Technology and Embracing Humanism for Sustainable Development,” Dr Mahamudu Bawumia spoke about government’s vision, upon assumption of office in 2017, to build a new system through digital transformation, to leapfrog the development process, overcome legacy problems and improve both economic and public sector governance.
“After seven years of massive investments in digitalization, I highlighted the immense impact it is having on our nation through the successful implementation of many digital initiatives, including the digital national identification system, which is resolving the issue of national identity, the national property addressing system, which provides unique addresses to every property in Ghana, the mobile money interoperability, which has significantly ensured financial inclusion, as well as the digitisation of government services in many areas such as, the ports, passports, DVLA, NHIS, etc, which is ensuring more efficiency, making things easier for the people, reducing corruption and increasing government revenue”.
“In this era of 4th Industrial Revolution, leveraging our growing digital economy and making technology more accessible to teaching and learning, are, indeed, the way to go, and we are committed to doing that” he stated.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
