The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has described government’s intention to deploy the use of drones for medical deliveries as extremely useful, and has called on all Ghanaians to support the idea. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday 4th December, 2018, the Director General of the GHS, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare expressed worry over the continuous […]
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Formalising Ghana’s economy and completion of Financial Inclusion Triangle on course-Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated the Commitment of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government to work at formalising the Ghanaian economy and to ensure that work on the Financial Inclusion Triangle is completed as soon as possible. Delivering the keynote address at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and […]
Vice President Bawumia launches phase two of Mobile Money Interoperability
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has launched Phase Two of the Mobile Money Interoperability platform in Accra. The launch of Phase two of the Interoperability platform concludes the Financial Inclusion Triangle, and ensures universal interoperability, making Ghana one of the few countries in the world to attain this feat. Phase One […]
Government will not compromise protection of depositors’ money in sanitization of banking sector-VP Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated government’s commitment at protecting the savings of depositors with licensed financial institutions in the country. According to him, government will be very cognizant at the fact that it has to ensure that legitimate depositors who have monies deposited with licensed financial institutions are protected even as the banking […]
Chartered Institute of Bankers (Ghana) Honours VP Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for his contribution to the banking sector
The Chartered Institute of Bankers (Ghana), the professional body for banks and financial institutions in Ghana, on Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, honoured Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic, at the 22nd National Banking Conference in Accra. The award was in recognition of the special role Vice President Bawumia played in the development of […]
Just in: Prime Minister of St Vincent & the Grenadines arrive in Ghana for 5 day visit, to deliver public lecture at AUCC
The Prime Minister of St Vincent & the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves has arrived in the country for a 5 day official visit The 5 day visit encapsulates a series of activities and will include a courtesy call on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who welcomed […]
UWR: Vice President Bawumia celebrates Kakube Festival with chiefs and people of Nandom
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sunday 25th November, 2018 joined the Chiefs and people of Nandom Traditional Area to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Kakube Festival at Nandom in the Upper West Region. The Kakube festival is celebrated to mark the end of the farming season each year and […]
Mention one major highway in Upper West you started and finished after 8 years-Bawumia jabs Mahama at Kakube Festival
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has challenged former President John Dramani Mahama and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to show one Major high way (road) in the upper West region that the NDC government started and completed in its 8 year tenure in power. He said the NDC has not brought any meaningful […]
Keep flying the Ghana flag high, make us proud – VP Bawumia to Ghanaian Peacekeepers in Lebanon
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commended the officers, men and women of the Ghanaian battalion currently attached to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), GHANBATT 85, for proudly flying the Ghana flag in the discharge of their duties. Addressing a durbar of all ranks of the contingent at […]
Bawumia and NPP are daft, they should know water and electricity supply and chips compounds are social interventions-NDC
Newly elected National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has taken a swipe at the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, saying the social intervention challenge they have thrown to the NDC is misplaced and borne out of ignorance. According to him, if the NPP and […]
Second lady advocates protection of the youth against extreme marginalization in Africa
The Second Lady, Mrs. Samira Bawumia has stressed the need for all to work at ending extreme marginalization of the youth, explaining that in them, lies the future and prospects of the African Continent. Delivering the Keynote address at the 2018 International Students Day, hosted by the All-Africa Students Union (A-ASU), in partnership with the […]
2019 budget is the first locally brewed budget without IMF inputs-NPP MP
The ruling New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Sekondi constituency in the Western Region, Andrew Kofi Mercer has indicated that the 2019 budget which will be presented in Parliament next week, will be the first locally brewed budget without the inputs of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The feat according to him is […]