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Dr. Bawumia launches E-Pharmacy, says is expected to transform access to pharmaceutical care in the country

The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said the E-Pharmacy programme is expected to transform access to pharmaceutical care in the country. Speaking during the launch of E-Pharmacy on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, he said: The policy and guidelines for the National E-Pharmacy programme as part of the Government’s ongoing efforts to improve access to and delivery of health care to Ghanaians was launched by me this morning. “When fully operational in 2022, the E-Pharmacy programme is expected to transform access to pharmaceutical care in the country and make Ghana one of a handful of countries with a national scale e-pharmacy in the world. “The introduction of this cutting-edge health technology should help tackle at least 4 critical concerns in the healthcare system including reducing the unacceptably high Pharmacist to Patient ratio, improving confidentiality and privacy of patient medical records; minimizing wrong self-diagnosis and self-medication, and reducing counterfeit and substandard medication”. “This innovation in improving pharmacy access to our people through E-Pharmacy can be a game-changer in safeguarding the future of our youth and ensuring rational and responsible access to medicines on a scale we have not yet been able to achieve”. He pointed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion, Politics

Our government is thinking outside the box to transform the country–Dr. Bawumia

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described the New Patriotic Party administration as a government that is thinking outside the box to transform the country. Apexnewsgh.com reports According to Dr. Bawumia who was speaking at the New Patriotic Party’s delegates conference in Kumasi on Sunday, December 19, he said a number of initiatives have been introduced by the government to transform the economy through digitalization. “Ours is a government that is thinking outside the box to transform the country,” he said. He added that “For the first time in our history Ghana has a drone for medical delivery, Ghana is implementing one district one hospital under agenda 111. “By end of our second, we would build more hospitals than any government. Our government is building one district one factory. “For the first time in our history students can apply for students loan without a guarantor.” However, the Vice President entreats members and supporters of the NPP to remain united and rally behind the government for a better Ghana. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your adverts and credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Education

Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia launches Ghana TVET Service

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has launched the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service, as part of efforts to make Technical and Vocational Education a priority. So far, these brings together all the technical and vocational programmes run by 19 different Ministries under the ambit of the Ghana TVET Service, with the Director-General of the Service reporting to the Minister and Ministry of Education, like her counterpart, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service and other agencies under the Ministry. During the launch on Tuesday, 14th December 2021 at the Accra Technical Training Centre (ATTC), Vice-President Bawumia said before the administration of Akufo-Addo government, a lot of challenges including the poor perception of TVET, the multiplicity of standards, testing and certification systems, and an informal TVET system that had been neglected and detached from the formal sector affected the quality of TVET delivery in our institutions. He said, this made it difficult for the sector to become the key catalyst that could spur industrialization and decent job creation for the citizens of this country but the Government, he assured, is tackling many of these issues. “This Government from 2017, as part of the President’s plan to transform the Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the country, has been streamlining the TVET Sector to ensure that the sector becomes a central force of our national development agenda”. “One of many such initiatives to ensure this is the establishment of the Ghana TVET Service. “In 2017, Government formed a 15-Member Technical Committee with Membership from various Ministries and Agencies to establish the Ghana TVET Service”. “After extensive work and national stakeholder engagement, the Committee presented a Draft Bill to Cabinet for approval in 2019. The draft was later sent to Parliament and assented to by the President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on 29 December 2020 as ‘Pre-Tertiary Act, 2020 (Act 1049)’”. “The essence of Act 1049, Dr Bawumia explained, is to ensure that all TVET Providing Institutions under the 19 Ministries are realigned to the Ghana TVET Service. Hitherto, these TVET Institutions were under the umbrella bodies such as Ghana Education Service’s Technical and Vocational Education Division (GES-TVED); National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI); Opportunities Industrialization Centre Ghana (OICG); Gender, Children and Social Protection; Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service (GRATIS); Community Development Vocational Institutes (CDVI); Youth Leadership and Skills Training Institutes (YLSTI), Social Welfare Training Institutes, Farm Institutes and Technology Solution Centres; and the Integrated Community Centres for Employable Skills (ICCES). While improving the capacity of the country’s educational sector to create a more robust TVET Service, it is equally important to focus attention on the professional and capacity building of the facilitators and teachers who will train the young people in the various Technical and Vocational Training Institutes, He pointed. “Thankfully, the Ministry of Education has made significant progress with teacher professionalism to conform to global education standards”. “I, therefore, urge parents of JHS graduates to counsel their wards to consider choosing TVET programmes since these programmes are designed to equip our SHS leavers with practical skills needed for the job market”. Responding to the issues of fears by parents and guardians who may have been worried about a possible truncation of the educational path of children who take the TVET path, Dr. Bawumia guaranteed: “There is the opportunity for those who complete their TVET programmes to continue from the National Proficiency levels through Certificate levels to HND, B.TECH, M.TECH to the Doctor of Technology level with the National TVET Qualifications Framework (NTVETQF), which the Commission is implementing for TVET.” However, Mrs Mawusi N. Awity first Director-General of the Ghana TVET Service, pledged her outfit’s commitment to meeting the needs of the youth, saying “We will ensure the acquisition of skills by the youth and the elderly to enable them to create jobs and help move our beloved Ghana forward.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your adverts and credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

Your being here, is a sign of concrete progress– Guyana president to Dr. Bawumia

Mr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, has assured his country’s commitment to a “strategic engagement and partnership with Ghana” especially as the two countries to better the lives of their citizens. President Ali, made the point when speaking at a state dinner in honor of Ghana’s Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia visit, on Sunday, 5 December 2021, in Georgetown, Guyana, as he further stated that the Guyana-Ghana partnership was “not one of the usual engagements or talks”, but one to which both countries had laid out clearly defined expected outcomes. “We are very excited about this strategic partnership; it is receiving attention from the highest levels of Government. On the sidelines of the recent UN General Assembly meeting, we held bilateral meetings with Ghana President H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo and within weeks, a timetable to design and achieve a framework for strategic cooperation was in place”. “Within weeks our Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo was in Ghana. And just weeks after, Ghana’s Vice President is here to further work on the framework”. He noted He believes such move“…is a sign of concrete progress, and we will continue to engage and agree on practical steps and develop policies for the mutual benefit of our two countries”, President Ali said, to applause from the audience, which included the Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Heads of the security agencies, Ministers of State, captains of industry and some Ghana government officials. Remembering the resemblance in histories of the two countries, Vice-President Bawumia, who is on a working visit to Guyana, less than two months after his Guyanese colleague, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo visited Ghana with his delegation, said“…rigorous, open and mutually beneficial” discussions between Ghana Government officials and private sector leaders with their Guyanese counterparts, with the ultimate aim of knowledge- sharing and improved livelihoods for their citizens. He added, “Ghana and Guyana have long, historic ties. We are both robust democracies, have similar natural resources, and science tells us that we were all part of one continent until the continental shelves broke apart and drifted away. Our histories are very similar as well, and our bonds are very strong. This, I believe, forms the basis for a lasting partnership as we work together to design and put in place measures that position us as masters of our own destinies.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.

Opinion

The Cedi is running, arrest it– Dr. Duffuor to Dr. Bawumia

Kwabena Duffuor, Former Finance Minister has revealed, that the weakness of the Ghana cedi has exposed the Akufo-Addo led government and its economy per Vice-President’s own standard of measurement. Dr. Duffuor, who has made his presidential ambitions public, told his TV station, GHOne, in an interview on Monday, 6 December 2021 monitored by Apexnewsgh.com jab Dr. Bawumia, “Look at the cedi, for example: when I was in office 2012, you needed 1 cedi 88 pesewas to get a dollar but now you need 6 cedis 20 pesewas to get a dollar”. “[A few] years ago, Dr Bawumia said: ‘When the fundamentals are weak, the exchange rate will expose you’; the exchange has exposed the government now, meaning the fundamentals are weak by Bawumia’s own explanation,” the businessman said. Dr Duffuor noted that “the cedi is running and he Dr Bawumia promised that he will arrest the cedi. Where is he? Dr Bawumia, the cedi is running; arrest it”. “He [Bawumia] also made a point that he had worked at the central bank and that there was so much money and we didn’t have to go and borrow; what has happened during his term?” Dr Duffuor also described as “wicked” and “unfair”, claims that he is being used by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), to put spokes in the wheel of former President John Mahama’s comeback for the 2024 general elections. “Those claims are just wicked and I pray that those people will put their thinking caps on”. “It is very unfair”, he added. The former Finance Minister pointed out: “Who will serve a country for four years and will not accept anything: no salary, no allowances, no ex gratia?” “Why would I be a mole when money is not my problem”, he wondered. According to him, he delayed the pursuit of his presidential ambition by a few years despite having being urged by former president Jerry Joh Rawlings to run for the slot in 2018. “I felt the time was not right when Rawlings called on me to contest”, he explained. The late ex-president, Dr Duffuor revealed, “said he was going to lead my campaign himself but I didn’t”. “The only reason I’m doing so now is because I think the party can still do better and it must involve everyone”, he added. The businessman, who is in his 70s, also shrugged off age concerns, saying: “Why should age matter?” “The focus should be on what the person brings to the fore and what they are capable of delivering when given the job and my track record proves what I can do in almost every sphere of the economy”, he noted. “My record and the work we are capable of doing should be the driver of the conversation not age”, he pointed. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.

Opinion

Arrogance and impunity of power exhibited by government caused rejection of…..–Amidu

Martin Amidu former Ghana Special Prosecutor has said, the level of the arrogance and impunity of power exhibited by this government led to the rejection of the 2022 Budget. “The level of the arrogance and impunity of power exhibited by this government leading up to the rejection of the 2022 Budget Statement and Policy by Parliament is demonstrated by the stubbornness of even refusing to listen to its security and intelligence non-governmental organization, the Danquah Institute, when its director called on the Government to withdraw the E-levy and rethink the whole concept”. He said “The corruption of power made the government to continue insisting on consulting stakeholders, including the minority in Parliament, only after Parliament had been seized with the budget for approval or rejection. The corruption of, and intoxication with, the arrogance and impunity of power became more manifest when Parliament was in session to decide whether to approve that budget. One cannot fantom the extent of the internalization of arrogance and impunity of power that emboldened the Minister of Finance to ask the Speaker to stand down the already over delayed on-going proceedings of Parliament for the Minister to consult the leadership of Parliament before taking the vote”. Below are details of Mr Amidu’s statement: THE ARROGANCE AND IMPUNITY OF POWER – THE PARLIAMENTARY REJECTION OF THE 2022 BUDGET STATEMENT AND POLICY: BY MARTIN A. B. K. AMIDU The Parliamentary vote on 26th November 2021 against the approval of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 2022 Budget Statement and Policy presented to the Parliament of Ghana on 17th November 2021 on his behalf by his Co-President and Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, was self-inflicted. The Parliamentary vote of rejection of the 2022 budget demonstrates what the arrogance of power and impunity can do to any Government that takes the electorate for granted as rabbles. Nana Akufo-Addo’s government became infested with the arrogance and impunity of power right from the day it assumed the reins of Government on 7th January 2017. This is the government of a make-believe democrat who consults stakeholders affected by his major policies only after getting Parliament to enact his wishes as policy. The government then seeks cosmetic post-facto consultation with affected stakeholders only when there is a serious objection to the policy by the electorate and other stakeholders. The constitutional principles of probity, accountability, and transparency in governance are shamelessly contravened by a government that came to power only after representing to We the People that it would be the most accountable and transparent government ever to run the affairs of this country. The Ameri scandal that led to the resignation of a Minister who was sacrificed for the arrogance and impunity of the decisions of the Family and Friends; the unresolved Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccine scandal that is still uninvestigated; the Aker Energy Scandal; and the Agyapa Royalties Agreements hurriedly approved by the one-sided 7th Parliament on 14th August 2020 after the minority had staged a walkout, to mention but a few, demonstrate the arrogance and impunity of the Akufo-Addo style of democratic-autocratic governance. The Agyapa Transaction Agreements, for instance, is an exemplified display of the arrogance and impunity of power by this government when it stuck to its position to complete the listing of Agyapa Royalties Limited on the London Stock Exchange by 30th December 2020 even after the most affected stakeholders, including the Chiefs as custodiam of the nation’s lands, raised reasoned objections to the unaccountable and opaque manner the Government obtained the parliamentary approval without prior consultations with the Chiefs and people. It was only over these damning objections that the Government pretended to start consultations with stakeholders while insisting that the listing of the Agyapa Royalties Limited on the London Stock Exchange on or before due date in December 2020 was not for negotiation. It had to take the Agyapa Royalties Anti-Corruption Risk Assessment Report and the audaciousness of a Special Prosecutor not to shelve the report for the government to shallow humble pie and save face by pretending to refer the Agreements for reconsideration by the Parliament that approved it. The Aker Energy scandal was also so unaccountable and opaque that stakeholders had to raise reasoned objections to the policy formulation and its approval by Parliament without any prior consultations or discussions with interested stakeholders. As usual the government pretended to engage in post facto consultations with stakeholder only after patriotic Ghanaians showed an overwhelming determination to hold the Government to account. The level of the arrogance and impunity of power exhibited by this government leading up to the rejection of the 2022 Budget Statement and Policy by Parliament is demonstrated by the stubbornness of even refusing to listen to its security and intelligence non-governmental organization, the Danquah Institute, when its director called on the Government to withdraw the E-levy and rethink the whole concept. The corruption of power made the government to continue insisting on consulting stakeholders, including the minority in Parliament, only after Parliament had been seized with the budget for approval or rejection. The corruption of, and intoxication with, the arrogance and impunity of power became more manifest when Parliament was in session to decide whether to approve that budget. One cannot fantom the extent of the internalization of arrogance and impunity of power that emboldened the Minister of Finance to ask the Speaker to stand down the already over delayed on-going proceedings of Parliament for the Minister to consult the leadership of Parliament before taking the vote. And this was after the Minister had told the entire world in an interview with Joy FM at the Volta Fair that the government will find a way of winning over the minority by the time the vote on the budget came to be taken. The Government could not in its drunken stupor of arrogance and impunity of power see that it was by these statements leading the minority into the position of irrevocable commitment from engaging with the Minister lest the minority be suspected of another sell

Opinion, Politics

Our economic transformation can best be aided by digital transformation–Dr. Bawumia

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has advised heads of state institutions to uplift the technological capabilities of their respective organisations, in line with the government’s digitisation agenda, in order to boost their operations for the benefit of Ghanaians and also to contribute effectively towards the economic transformation of the country. He gave the advice during the closing ceremony of a retreat for board chairpersons, heads and deputy heads of government institutions at Kwahu-Nkwatia in the Eastern Region of Ghana “To achieve the vision of Ghana Beyond Aid in the shortest possible time, we need to improve our technology capabilities”, Dr Bawumia said. “According to Alexis Ohanian, you needed to open a factory to participate in the industrial revolution; this time around, you only need to open a laptop to participate in the internet revolution. There is a global paradigm shift, and we must not be left behind in this 4th Industrial Revolution,’ he added. “This has been my primary inspiration for the digitization agenda; that is, to apply technological innovation to transform the ways and means by which we engage in our everyday production and exchange of economic activities. Whether at home, at our offices, farm and factory, whether it is person to person, person to business, business to business, or person and business to government, transparency and efficiency are our watchwords.” “Our economic transformation can best be aided by digital transformation to overcome some of our development challenges.” “For example, our use of drone technology in the delivery of medical supplies has helped us to overcome many challenges in the delivery of health care services to the people who live far in the rural areas and far from urban centres.” “We save lives, provide more efficient management and distribution of critical medical supplies and gain more equitable access to the health care system.” “When we apply technological innovations to the passport office, to DVLA, to the distribution of pre-mix fuel and fertilisers, we are improving on our production and service delivery capabilities to transform the economy.” “That is why as heads of public institutions we take this opportunity to implore each one of you to join us in this transformation. Somewhere in your organization, somewhere in your production and delivery of services for a fee, technological innovation and digital transformation procedures can lift the performance of your organization, or help the organisation overcome the obstacles we have faced for several years. It is all in innovations of processes, procedures and data management.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion, Politics

Most serious threat to nation’s security is unemployment–Dr. Bawumia to Heads of state Institutions

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said, the most serious threat to the nation’s security is unemployment. Speaking during the closing ceremony of a retreat for board chairpersons, heads and deputy heads of government institutions at Kwahu-Nkwatia in the Eastern Region of Ghana, he admonished all heads of state institutions to repose the confidence President Akufo-Addo has placed in them by adding value to their respective institutions, which will ensure expansion, to create more opportunities for the youth. “The most serious threat to the nation’s security is unemployment. The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government has made significant progress in resolving this issue. But there’s a lot more that must be done. The challenge is real and your role in tackling the unemployment quandary cannot be overemphasized.” “As heads of the institution, if you can expand your scope of operation for maximum returns and profitability, to be able to recruit the youth to tackle this heinous joblessness among the nation’s youth, we will have made significant progress in providing jobs for our youth.” “You have been specially selected and appointed by the President who has a lot of confidence in your ability to turn around the fortunes of your institutions. I know you will meet this expectation and make the country proud.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion, Politics

Work selflessly to turn around the fortunes of your respective institutions –Dr. Bawumia to heads of gov’t institutions

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana has admonished board chairpersons, heads and deputy heads of government institutions to work selflessly to turn around the fortunes of their respective institutions. Apexnewsgh.com reports The Vice President offers the advice on Sunday, 21 November 2021 during the closing ceremony of a retreat for board chairpersons, heads and deputy heads of government institutions at Kwahu-Nkwatia in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He urged all of them to repose the confidence President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has placed in them by working selflessly to turn around the fortunes of their respective institutions. However, he further reminded them about the crucial roles state institutions play towards the economic transformation of the country, and the need for all to adopt innovative ways, especially technological advancement, to accelerate the growth and expansion of government institutions in order to create more opportunities for our youth. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

“For us political leaders, the position we hold is by the grace of God..Dr. Bawumia to politicians

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has admonished leaders, especially political leaders, to use their positions very well so that they can make a meaningful impact on the people. Addressing thousands of Muslims at the 2021 National Chief Imam’s Maulid (celebration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.) in Accra on Saturday, Dr. Bawumia said, leadership position is a special grace from God, and as such, it is important for those who benefit from this grace to work in the interest of the people. “The National Chief Imam always says that when Allah bestows His grace on you, be thankful to Him and let the people also benefit from the grace,” Dr. Bawumia said. He added, “For us political leaders, the position we hold is by the grace of God, which should not be for our interest. So when we have this position, it has to be for the good of the people; everybody, especially the vulnerable, women, men and the poor. “As a leader, the people will always ask you; what did you do for us with the position? We have to work and do the right thing so that the people will benefit.” The Vice President was the Special Guest for the ceremony. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

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Dr. Bawumia launches E-Pharmacy, says is expected to transform access to pharmaceutical care in the country

Our government is thinking outside the box to transform the country–Dr. Bawumia

Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia launches Ghana TVET Service

Your being here, is a sign of concrete progress– Guyana president to Dr. Bawumia

The Cedi is running, arrest it– Dr. Duffuor to Dr. Bawumia

Arrogance and impunity of power exhibited by government caused rejection of…..–Amidu

Our economic transformation can best be aided by digital transformation–Dr. Bawumia

Most serious threat to nation’s security is unemployment–Dr. Bawumia to Heads of state Institutions

Work selflessly to turn around the fortunes of your respective institutions –Dr. Bawumia to heads of gov’t institutions

“For us political leaders, the position we hold is by the grace of God..Dr. Bawumia to politicians

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