Chairman’s Remarks
Over the past eight years, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, under the leadership of H.E. Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has made significant progress across the whole-of-government. We have kept faith with Ghanaians, despite the challenges of the CoVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the crashed economy we inherited from the previous, NDC government.
These challenges notwithstanding, we have created over 2.3 million jobs to date; kept public sector workers employed and paid, in full, even during the Pandemic; increased access to 5.7 million young adults to secondary education through the flagship Free Senior High School/Technical and Vocational Education and Training (SHS/TVET) policy; consistently fed over 4 million children in the early years and in primary schools through
the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP); kept the lights on for eight years to power homes, businesses and industries; kept the banking sector strong and resilient after cleaning it up; and registered over 18 million people
for the GhanaCard, which we have merged with other public databases (tax identification, social security, driver licenses, public payroll, criminal records, and SIM Cards) to ensure seamless provision of government
services.
Once again, we are coming to you, to seek re-election, at a time of great change all over the world. The world of work, and the talents and skills required to stay relevant, is being disrupted by digital technologies. Manufacturing is no longer about smokestacks: digital manufacturing, aided by robotics, has taken over. Blockchain technologies are changing how financial services are delivered to excluded communities, while virtual and mixed reality technologies are enabling new ways of collaborating in the workplace, including on design and engineering projects.
As a party, we have demonstrated that even under challenging conditions, the NPP can, and does provide the leadership we need to turn things around. A time such as this one.
Ghana needs a leader who is a problem-solver, is selfless, has foresight, and bold solutions that taps into these technologies to enable our youth stake a claim in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic, and our candidate for the 2024 Presidential election, has ably assisted President
Akufo-Addo in the major milestones we have achieved over the past eight years. He has also been the key architect of our digitalisation drive, including the unprecedented digitisation of government services, and building of the
foundations of a digital economy in Ghana.
Under a Bawumia presidency, you, and Ghanaians, can be assured of strong, focused leadership in accelerating investments in, and repositioning our workforce, to take advantage of the jobs and opportunities the Fourth
Industrial Revolution brings. In changing times, you need a steady hand, and a man with a long-term vision of the future. A vision that will not be sacrificed on the altar of short-term political considerations.
As you vote in this year’s election, I invite you to join us, and vote for Dr. Bawumia as President, and all NPP Parliamentary Candidates as Members of Parliament, so we can build a resilient Ghana for the next generation.
Stephen Ntim
Source: Elvisanokyenews.com
