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Preach peace, unity with your pulpit – Bawumia urges religious leaders

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the leadership of religious bodies to use the pulpit and other platforms available to them to propagate the message of peace and unity to help maintain the peace Ghana continues to enjoy. He further asked them to continue partnering with the Government in its developmental efforts, with the assurance of an enabling environment for such fruitful partnerships to materialize. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia made the call during a special service to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ordained service of Rev Kwadwo Owusu-Sarpong in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana at the Church’s Adabraka Official Town branch on Sunday, August 22, 2021. “I wish to urge the leadership of all religious bodies to use the pulpit to propagate the message of peace and unity to stress the need to maintain the oneness and peace the nation continues to enjoy despite our challenges. “Christians owe it as a duty to uplift the sense of responsibility in the country as well as help fight pockets of corruption and impunity. Sincere Christians can do this by strengthening democracy and speaking out. “May we continue to live in peace and harmony as one people with a common destiny. Certainly, we have no other nation but Ghana, so let’s protect it,” he emphasized. “Over the years, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has partnered succeeding Governments to move the development agenda forward. The Government recognizes the immense contribution of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana towards the growth of the nation, particularly in the provision of basic, secondary and tertiary education, healthcare, agricultural services and other social interventions throughout the length and breadth of this country. “The Presbyterian Church of Ghana according to the Ghana Health Services is the third-largest provider of health services in Ghana at the moment. We all doff our hats to the Presbyterian Church of Ghana for all these immense social services interventions towards national development. “Without doubt, the Government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility of developing our dear nation. May I hereby seize this opportunity to encourage the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, the entire Christian Community and indeed other faith-based organizations, to continue partnering with the Government in its developmental efforts! Please be assured that we shall continue to provide the enabling environment for such fruitful partnership to materialize.” Meanwhile addressing the congregation on a theme for the event, “Celebrating the Favour of God”, Dr. Bawumia commended Rev Kwadwo Owusu-Sarpong for his three decades of service to the Church and Ghana, indicating that despite his difficult beginning, “God had a plan for you and His favor has indeed reflected in your life.” “I implore you to let your voice be heard in the national discourse; the nation needs independent voices like yours. Be assured that you are on the side of God and that He will keep and watch over you. “As you serve Mother Ghana and the Church, commit yourself to the tenets of the Church and the constitution of Ghana. As 1 Timothy 4:15 admonishes, “Practice these things, and immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

Dr. Bawumia gave NPP and NDC new pet names as political parties read…

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana in his recent missile thrown to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), gave NPP a pet name as “It is possible party.” and NDC an “impossible Party” According to Dr. Bawumia, despite the shenanigans of the opposition party, Ghana has been blessed with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with a can-do spirit that can make many things that appear impossible to be possible. The Vice President Dr. Bawumia in a Facebook post pointed that promises of the governing New Patriotic Party were considered impossible by the opposition NDC and fortunately the Akufo-Addo-led NPP has fulfilled them and made them possible to Ghanaians. Read the post below: “Dear Friends, 1. When we proposed the restoration of teacher trainee allowances they said it was impossible. 2. When we proposed the restoration of nursing trainee allowances they said it was impossible. 3. When we proposed the Sinohydro barter agreement they said it was impossible. 4. When we proposed a reduction in electricity prices they said it was impossible. 5. When we proposed the introduction of drones to deliver medicines and blood they said it was impossible. 6. When we proposed one district one factory they said it was impossible. 7. When we proposed one constituency one ambulance they said it was impossible. 8. When we proposed NABCO they said it was impossible. 9. When we proposed one village one dam they said it was impossible. 10. When we proposed the Zongo Development Fund they said it was impossible. 11. When we proposed the National Digital Property Address System they said it was impossible. 12. When we proposed a policy of no guarantors for student loans they said it was impossible. 13. When we proposed Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President, they said it was impossible. 14. When we proposed Agenda 111 to construct district hospitals in all districts and new regional hospitals they are saying it is impossible. 15. When we proposed the reduction in taxes they said it was impossible. 16. When we proposed free Senior High School (Free SHS) and free TVET, they said it was impossible. Thankfully, we have been blessed with a party and a president with a can-do spirit that can make many things that appear impossible to be possible. “God bless our homeland Ghana.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

Ghana Vice President honored Africa’s digital revolutionary leader of the decade

The Initiators of Change Foundation, an organisation focused on governance, poverty reduction, empowerment and human resource has presented a Lifetime in A Portrait Award to the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia after he was adjudged Africa’s Digital Revolutionary Leader of the Decade. A citation accompanying the award read: “Upon your assumption of office as The Vice President of Ghana, we recognise that you have re-directed Ghana’s manual systems to that of digitization to fasttrack the national development agenda. “You spearheaded the paperless and digitization agenda of Ghana to formalise and transform the country’s economy and further bring about inclusion. Notable among your initiatives include the Zipline technology otherwise known as drones for quicker healthcare delivery, paperless National Health Insurance registration and renewal, paperless port system, digitization of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), National Digital Property Addressing System, National ID Cards, ECG power purchase made easy, mobile payments interoperability platform, and many others. “These technological introductions have reduced the cost of doing business and have rather increased productivity. “For these and many more, the Initiators of Change Foundation would want to honour you as ‘Africa’s Digital Revolutionary Leader of the Decade’ in recognition and appreciation of the positive impact you have made on society and the development of Ghana.” Presenting the Award to Dr Bawumia at the Jubilee House, Accra, on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 the Foundation, represented by its Executive Director, Kofi Gyan, and several members of the Board of Trustees including Most Rev Dr Aboagye-Mensah, former Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, praised the Vice President for “the good work he is doing” to help accelerate Ghana’s development. The Award, a pencil art drawing of the Vice President, is to symbolise the enduring legacy of Dr Bawumia’s works and is “in recognition and appreciation of the positive impact you have made on society and the development of Ghana,” they added. Noting that the Foundation had in the past recognised and awarded several distinguished persons, including all past Presidents, some politicians and civil servants, Mr Gyan explained that a decision was taken to recognise and award distinguished public servants to mark a special occasion of the Foundation’s life. “This year, 2021, the Foundation is 10 years, and as part of our 10th anniversary, the Board decided that we should focus on public servants, because public servants are also doing a lot in terms of the development of the country. Your Excellency, after deliberations, considerations and research, your name came up, as ‘Africa’s Digital Revolutionary Leader of the Decade’.” Vice President Bawumia thanked the Foundation for the “great honour” done him, and pledged his continued commitment for achieving President Akufo-Addo’s vision to move Ghana to the next stage of her development while reducing the burden on the poor and the vulnerable who are largely excluded from society. “This is why we thought digitization and the digital revolution in Ghana would be one of the key ways of helping the poor and include them,” he explained. The Initiators of Change Foundation (ICF) is a non-governmental organization focusing on governance, poverty reduction, empowerment and human resource development. Its Board of Trustees include Most Rev Dr Aboagye-Mensah, former Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church; Prof (Mrs) Miranda Greenstreet; Prof Alexa Ntim Abankwa; Hon Kwame Amporfo Twumasi; Dr Joyce Aryee; Dr Mrs Nana Yaa Owusu-Prempeh; and Dr Isaac Owusu Mensah. Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is Life Patron. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

2024: NDC shivers when it hears Bawumia is coming – Top Lecturer backs VP to lead NPP

A lecturer at the Kumasi Technical University (KTU) Mr. Ishaq Kyei-Brobbey says the New Patriotic Party(NPP) should not make the mistake of not selecting Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the party’s flagbearer for the 2024 elections. According to him, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s work for the political party is manifested in the number of seats annexed for the NPP in the Northern part of the country in the 2020 elections. He said with Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP is currently breaking the monopoly of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region of Ghana “Dr Mahamudu Bawumia when you go to the Northern Region and you go to places like Mion and Karaga from 1992 we started practicing democracy, the NPP has never won those seats but we won it in 2020. The eighteen constituencies in the Northern region has nine NPP Parliamentarians and the NDC also has nine. For now, we are breaking their dominance in the North. When you go to North East, there are six constituencies but we have taken four of them and NDC has two; somethings which has never happened in our history. Even in John Dramani Mahama’s backyard in the Savannah region, NPP has three out of the seven constituencies. It should be on record that their regional capital of Damango is for the NPP. When all these is added together, the NPP has beaten the NDC by one in the old Northern region. “ Mr. Ishaq Kyei-Brobbey said the NPP must not make mistakes because the party has suffered before been able to make an impact in the Northern part of the country and even with their penetration into the Zongo communities. Apart from the penetration into the Northern region and Zongo communities, he noted that the NDC fears only one candidate and that is Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and he will be used to face the enemies in 2024. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia must be elected president for a solid future of Ghanaians–Prof Mike Oquaye

Rev. Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye, the former Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament has said for a solid future to be ensured for the good people of Ghana, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia must be elected president. He touted the life-changing policy initiatives of Dr Bawumia as the engines that will see to the continuous growth and development of the economy. When asked how he sees the future of Ghana under Dr Bawumia, the former Speaker said: “It would be fantastic if we are able to continue with this digitilisation and automation, including ICT” drive of Dr Bawumia. Professor Oquaye enumerated a number of innovative ideas which have helped to plug revenue leakages at the country’s entry points. The GPS Address System, Mobile Money Interoperability, digitalisation in renewing National Health Insurance subscription, among others, are some of the many technological advancements Dr Bawumia has brought into the system. In an interview with Raymond Kumah’s Okyeman Television at his residence, Professor Oquaye observed that the country cannot continue to implement the same policies and ideas that have not yielded much results. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Business

SIM re-registration: ‘Ill-informed Bawumia’ using wrong approach to tackle e-money fraud — Haruna Iddrisu

Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has lashed out at the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his recent comments about SIM card re-registration in Ghana. Dr. Bawumia, while speaking at the 5th Ghana CEO Summit in Accra, said in June 2021, all mobile phone users in the country would be expected to re-register their SIM cards or risk having their phone numbers deactivated. According to Haruna Iddrisu, undertaking a SIM re-registration exercise will not solve the issue of Mobile Money fraud as expected by Dr. Bawumia. He said the Vice President is “ill-informed, inept and highly naive,” with that assumption. “The solution to the challenges of fraud within the electronic money ecosystem goes beyond SIM registration,” he said. “We hold the view that the mandatory re-registration of SIMS provides no substantial benefit in the fight against electronic money fraud, and will face practical challenges such as inbound travellers who require a SIM card without a national ID,” he added. Haruna Iddrisu, in explaining why he believes the plan as announced by Dr. Bawumia is impracticable, said the suggestion that only the Ghana card would be accepted as an identification document for the exercise will mean that many Ghanaians will be left out since they do not have the card, while others who registered for the card are yet to receive them. “The number of issued cards is only a pale shadow of the eligible population. The reality is that there have been only 17 million registrations done of the Ghana Card. This represents 55% of our population. An even smaller proportion of the population has actually received their cards. It needs no saying therefore, that there are practical difficulties associated with the card as it is facing systemic and operational difficulties in its rollout,” Haruna Iddrisu said. Again, he argued that attacks on mobile money vendors are more of a bigger challenge that needs to be addressed and that cannot be tackled by re-registration of SIM. He also made a case about the poor timing of the exercise especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that the government needs to be transparent and ensure full disclosure if the exercise is expected to be undertaken. “If the Vice President really desires simple solutions, he should consider instructing the BoG and the NCA to set key performance indicators for the mobile network operators (MNPs) about electronic money fraud and with consequences for breaches.” “The Vice President should urge subtly or overtly the MNOs to invest – proportionate to market share in advanced cybersecurity systems including additional personnel. These have been known to achieve monumental success stories in other jurisdictions with similar ecosystems.” Haruna Iddrisu expressed his conviction that a re-registration exercise will achieve very little and impose unnecessary burden on the citizenry. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

Excerpt of late Latif Solomon Yenah NPP Youth Organizer’s Interview in 2020 (Audio)

The Upper East Regional Youth Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Lambon in 2020 chided the Regional Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Latif Solomon for campaigning in some secondary schools with government Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) meant for second cycle institutions. Mr. Latif Solomon, while monitoring the Electoral Commission’s registration exercise in some senior high schools, was spotted in a video distributing PPE to students and urging them not to disappoint President Nana Addo for the implementation of the Free SHS education policy. An action the NDC Youth Organizer Mr. Lambon described as unfortunate and an act of impunity despite a ban on visitation to secondary schools by the Ghana Education Service. But in a reaction to the NDC’s claims, the NPP Youth Organizer, now late Latif Solomon Yenah, said, his action was a kind gesture to students who were not seen wearing nose masks at the time of registering for their voter’s identification cards. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

See how Dr. Bawumia mourn Latif Solomon death (PICTURE)

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia the Ghana Vice President, on his Facebook tribute to the late Latif Solomon Yenah has said his services and hard work for the party, particularly for the youth wing will be remembered for long. Latif Solomon died on Friday, May 14, 2021, in Tamale after battling with what many described as undisclosed health conditions. Latif Solomon has later flown out abroad for further medical treatment where he spent some months and later returned in March 2021. However, according to the Islamic burial, Latif Solomon was laid to rest in his home town Bongo on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Meanwhile, a post on social media mourning the death of the Regional Youth Organizer, Dr. Bawumia, who described the deceased as a brother, eulogized him for his services to the ruling party particularly the party’s youth wing stating that he will forever be remembered for his enormous contribution to the progress of the NPP. “I am sad to learn about the passing of my younger brother Latif Solomon who until his death was the Upper East Regional Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party. His services and hard work for the party, particularly for the youth wing will be remembered for long. Dr. Bawumia Pointed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

ESLA introduced by Seth Terkper very helpful to Akufo-Addo’s government-John Kumah

Mr. John Kumah, the deputy Finance Minister-designate has revealed that the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) introduced by Seth Terkper the former Finance Minister under the Mahama administration, has been so supportive to the Akufo-Addo- Bawumia government especially in clearing a lot of energy sector-related debts. Mr. Kumah was speaking on Class91.3FM’s current affairs programme monitored by Apexnewsgh.com. “In fact”, Dr. Kumah noted, Mr. Terkper, his co-discussant on the show, “was the first person in Ghana to address that problem; that going forward, we cannot handle the debt situation with respect to energy without a special vehicle”. “But it has helped to raise revenue”, he acknowledged. The former chief executive officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) said: “In fact, as of June last year, per the data, we had paid GHS12 billion under ESLA alone for trying to clear debt”. “This year alone, per the data I checked, we had spent almost GHS2 billion and still continuing the energy sector recovery debt and right now, a number of legacy debts – you remember back in 2017, we used to have TOR debt, BOST debt, GNPC debt, VRA debt, ECG debt and even BDCs; last year, the BDCs made an announcement that all their debts had been cleared”, “It is all as a result of this ESLA levy that was introduced”, he noted, adding: “It is true; it is helping and the government of Ghana, I think in 2017, the government also introduced a new vehicle based on this ESLA called ESLA PLC, which raised about GHS10 billion in bonds to be able to help address this take-or-pay contract and I’m happy Hon Seth Terkper said that even they, while they were in office, thought that the take-or-pay was a bad arrangement, so, they had to replace it”. “So, we must all understand that there’s a problem which has been created and we are all working to resolve it”, He stressed Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

#Fixthecountry: Dr. Bawumia lists gov’t’s record of fixing problems

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has listed a number of problems the Akufo-Addo-led government inherited and has fixed in its four and a half years in government. Dr Bawumia’s list comes on the back of a campaign by the youth calling on the government to #fixthecountry. The angry youth have threatened to demonstrate on Saturday, 9 May to pile pressure on the government to fix the country. The hastag driving the campaign has been trending on social media since last week and gaining momentum by the hour. Reacting to this development, Dr. Bawumia in a Facebook post noted that the job of the government is to fix problems and that is what they have done since 2017. He argued that “the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the global economy and caused increases in prices of commodities such as oil, cement and iron rods as well as overall cost of shipping. Nevertheless, it is very important to place the performance of our government over the last four years after inheriting an economy with ‘no meat on the bone’ on record.” Listing their records, Dr. Bawumia noted that the Akufo-Addo-led government is a government that listens and cares and urged Ghanaians to trust the president because he is fixing it. Below is the list of problems Dr Bawumia says the government has fixed. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

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Preach peace, unity with your pulpit – Bawumia urges religious leaders

Dr. Bawumia gave NPP and NDC new pet names as political parties read…

Ghana Vice President honored Africa’s digital revolutionary leader of the decade

2024: NDC shivers when it hears Bawumia is coming – Top Lecturer backs VP to lead NPP

Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia must be elected president for a solid future of Ghanaians–Prof Mike Oquaye

SIM re-registration: ‘Ill-informed Bawumia’ using wrong approach to tackle e-money fraud — Haruna Iddrisu

Excerpt of late Latif Solomon Yenah NPP Youth Organizer’s Interview in 2020 (Audio)

See how Dr. Bawumia mourn Latif Solomon death (PICTURE)

ESLA introduced by Seth Terkper very helpful to Akufo-Addo’s government-John Kumah

#Fixthecountry: Dr. Bawumia lists gov’t’s record of fixing problems

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