The New Patriotic Party's flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the NPP has a more sustainable youth-centered approach for development.
According to Dr. Bawumia, the free TVET and free SHS programs were carefully introduced to promote quality education and skills development.
Addressing a Youth Connect town hall meeting in Koforidua as part of his campaign tour of the Eastern Region, the Vice President indicated that skills development is necessary for national development.
He said the Business Employment Assistance Program under the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) is currently rolling out a program to support business owners to employ at most two people at the expense of the government. The initiative is to support the private sector in creating employment for the youth in the country.
Additionally, the Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA) has been allocated some GHS600 million to support start-up businesses in the country.
According to Dr. Bawumia, his new tax regime policy which will grant a tax amnesty and introduce the flat tax system will cushion the over-burden business men and women and promote an all inclusive tax based system.
Credit system and digitalisation
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia announced that Ghana will soon become like the western world under his leadership.
He said his administration will operationalize the credit scoring system where every Ghanaian with a Ghana card would have the opportunity to access funds for his or her business or personal purchases provided the scoring system deems him/her credit worthy.
The assessment is grounded on the individual's credit worthiness based on cash inflow or earnings.
He said, Ghana is the first country in Africa to commence the mobile money interoperability system which allows mobile money transfers across different networks and from banks to mobile wallets and vice versa.
The 2024 flagbearer of the NPP added that, this digital drive has provided a more friendly approach to business transactions in Ghana.
Convenience in service delivery
Dr. Bawumia mentioned that, Ghanaians will soon be liberated from the hustle they go through in renewing their passport.
"The new renewal regime would do away with the bureaucracy. The renewal application would be done online by entering your Ghana card number, your GPS address and payment of an approved service fee. All renewed passports will be delivered to the applicants at their designated GPS location provided in the online application," he explained.
He also promised drastic and bold solutions that will change the fortunes of Ghana.
"Merging of the Ghana Card number with individuals' TIN, SSNIT and National Health Insurance card among other national identity systems will make life very easy for Ghanaians," he added.
Credit: Maxwell Kudekor