President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the pandemic COVID-19 has helped ramp up domestic production of Personal Protective Equipment and creating opportunities for the local garment and textile industry in Ghana.
He said by this, Ghana has proved to the entire world that it can attain its goal of a Ghana Beyond Aid.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made the disclosure when he opened the 72nd annual New Year School and Conference at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon, near Accra.
Government, he assured, would protect the most vulnerable in society to overcome the economic effects of the virus, and would work with all stakeholders to deal with and ameliorate the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s economy.
He said was about time that the country broke the cycle of dependence on foreigners in the field of science and medicine, urging Ghana’s scientists and pharmaceutical companies to be “up and doing” in the production of local vaccines to combat the disease.
“It is not beyond our scientists and pharmaceutical companies, whose knowledge and expertise cannot be questioned, to produce an indigenous vaccine to combat the virus. They must be up and doing,” he said.
He said his administration was pursuing measures that would ensure that critical sectors of the economy, such as education, health, agriculture, trade, and industry remained productive and vibrant.
President Nana Akufo-Addo has tasked local Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies to explore ways of developing a coronavirus vaccine.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
