His Excellency President John Evans Atta Mills initiated and successfully commissioned a new Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Platform at the seat of Government in Christianborg Castle in Osu, that undertakes to bring his administration closer to the doorstep of the people of Ghana.
From the Blackstar Square in Accra where the Millennium City Project is taking shape to the sandy beaches of Keta and Elmia; from the resuscitated cotton farms in Tamale to the Gbewa College of Education in Bawku; away from the newly established Hila Liman Senior High School in Wa to the over 1, 700 rural communities connected to the national grid under the Better Ghana Agenda, His Excellency President John Evans Atta Mills is not only interested in knowing how his programmes and policies have impacted positively on the lives of the people BUT equally committed to remaining in touch with his appointees and workforce across the regions towards improving the quality of life of the good people of Ghana.
It is in the light of this unprecedented development that I doff my hat to the NDC administration and His Excellency the President with support from President Hu jintao of China in making this project a reality. The special relationship between President Mills and his Chinese Counterpart, President Hu Jintao dates back to their respective stewardship as Vice Presidents under their respective leaders prior to 2001. This bond of friendship nurtured by the commitment by both leaders to promoting their respective countries on the world market of economic and industrial giants has yielded very inspiring results. Ghana Today has made significant gains that are unprecedented in our history. While China continues to exert her dominance on the world stage in many areas, Ghana equally earned the enviable reputation as the fasted growing economy hitting 13.6% economic growth in less than 3 years under President Mills’ leadership.
It is not surprising that today both leaders have dedicated their public service to good governance, development and steady growth in the living standards of their people. A clear evidence of this commitment is the $3 billion China Development Bank facility recently granted Ghana and the pledge to develop the University of Health and Allied Sciences in the Volta Region to a world class University of choice.
The launch of this technological infrastructure adds to the recent networking of all Ministries, Department and Agencies of government under Dr. Tony Aidoo’s Policy Monitoring Outfit at the Office of the President. This culminates into a web of high speed data transfer, retrieval and information dissemination, evaluation and assessment with the click of a button to facilitate timely policy interventions in the interest of the state.
As of today, Ministers, Deputies, District and Municipal Chief Executives do not need to travel over long distances to book an appointment with the President to discuss issues of rural migration, human rights, security, water delivery and all other matters that arise in the daily activities of the people of Ghana.
His Excellency the President now has a third eye on all his lieutenants across the country to take daily briefs of ongoing works, policy directions, impact assessment and participate in Regional and District Security Meetings [DISEC] and to take live reports as and when the need arises with this facility. Meeting with investors across regions can even be facilitated with ease without the stress associated with booking an appointment at the Osu Castle.
The work of the National Security Coordinator, Lt Col. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey is effectively enhanced with this infrastructure. If effectively and efficiently managed, it has tendencies of improving our governance system, transparency and facilitates effective communication between His Excellency President Mills and his workforce even when he is outside the country on official assignments.
We have come a long way as a nation since Dr. Kwame Nkrumah made the famous declaration on the eve of Independence and we still have a long road to traverse towards economic freedom in our lifetime. The inauguration of this platform is a great one by a leader as visionary as His Excellency President John Evans Atta Mills.
Ghana needs these interventions that directly impact on the lives of her citizens. This is the beginning of a major breakthrough in our Information and Communication Technology by the government of Ghana and we look forward to better days under the Better Ghana Agenda.
p/s: the next time you see Agya Atta with a Smartphone, I bet you are sure he has go Ghana covered.
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