Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
The United Nations (UN) has appointed Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the Board of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD).
GPSDD is based at the headquarters of the UN in New York, United States of America and is a global network bringing together governments, private sector, and civil society organizations dedicated to using the data revolution to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Board comprises 17 members from around the world namely: Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Plan International; Alicia Barcena Ibarra, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); John Pullinger, UK National Statistician, Head of the Government Statistical Service (GSS), and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority; Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, World Bank.
It is to be chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Amina J. Mohammed, and shall be holding a two day working session from 10th to 11th July, 2018, according to a release issued by Frank Agye-Twum, Director of Communications, office of the Vice President.
According to the release, Dr. Bawumia shall also hold discussions with the Deputy UN Secretary-General on a number of issues including enhancing advocacy for improved statistical capacity in Africa.
The Vice President is also due to discuss with the Deputy Secretary-General ways to finance the implementation of high level commitments to statistics and digitization of data for monitoring the SDG.
“He is also expected to have a town hall meeting with the Ghanaian Community in New York. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia returns to Accra on Friday 13th July, 2018,” the release said.
BY Melvin Tarlue