Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has touted his credentials in his position as Vice President.
They include 33 policy initiatives he has not only initiated but led under the Akufo-Addo-led NPP government
This include the issuance of the GhanaCard, making the GhanaCard an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) certified travel document for travel to Ghana, the GhanaPost Digital Property Address System, Mobile Money Interoperability, and using the GhanaCard number as a Tax Identification Number, SSNIT, and NHIS number.
Other initiatives included paperless ports, digitalization of the passport office, the motor insurance database, the Ghana.gov platform, E-pharmacy, Zipline Medical Drones Delivery, digitalization of tax filing, no guarantor student loans with GhanaCard, one constituency, one ambulance, Agenda 111, the Sinohydro Barter Agreement, provision of Hydroxyurea under NHIS for sickle cell patients, and the Zongo Development Fund.
Additional initiatives are the Bank of Ghana Gold Purchase Programme, the Gold for Oil Policy, the Go Ride Taxi Service for local drivers, a system to tackle ghost names on government payroll, automation of premix fuel distribution, the purchase of ECG credit on mobile phones, and the digitalisation of ECG revenue collection.
He also talked of the enrolment and renewal of NHIS membership on mobile phones, the digitalisation of the Births and Deaths Registry, assigning a GhanaCard number at birth for newborns, and providing one student with one laptop for SHS students.
Dr. Bawumia listed these achievements when he met the media, saying “I have initiated and championed 33 policies as Vice President, and I want former President Mahama to show us the policies he championed under his tenure as Vice President.”
He therefore noted that the country needs a leader who is innovative, consistent, and hardworking to transform the country.
He expressed that he had passed all the tests as Vice President and is ready to move to the next level as President to propel Ghana to new heights under the fourth industrial revolution.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu, Presidential Correspondent