Yaw Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister
GOVERNMENT WILL, on Thursday, June 11, 2020, hold a forum on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the importance of President Akufo-Addo’s vision of Ghana Beyond Aid.
A statement issued Tuesday in Accra, signed by Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam-Hadzide, said “the theme for the forum, Covid-19 and our march towards Ghana Beyond Aid; ‘Turning Adversity into Opportunity’, formed part of government’s broader strategy to capitalize on the opportunities presented by Covid-19 to boost local capacity.”
The statement said “the forum aims at stepping up public education about the virus and at the same time mobilizing the vast majority of Ghanaians towards achieving the President’s Ghana Beyond Aid agenda.”
The forum will be under the chairmanship of the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, and will be addressed by the Archbishop of Cape Coast, Archbishop Charles Palmer-Buckle; Kwame Pianim, a renowned economist; President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Dr. Yaw Adu Gyamfi; Chief Executive Officer of EXIM Ghana, Lawrence Agyinsam and President of the National Union of Ghana Students, Isaac Jay Hyde.
The forum will be televised live on all major television, radio and online platforms in Ghana.