Former Education Minister, Professor Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi has called Ghanaians to acknowledge the impact of COVID 19 as a global pandemic and come out with more technological initiatives to mitigate its its impact on the Economy.
The NPP Chairmanship Hopeful made the call when he spoke at this year’s International Literacy Day at Techiman in the Bono East Region.
The Programme was Organised by the Non-Formal Education Division (NFPD)of the Ghana Education Service now Complementary Education Agency, under the theme, Complementary Education for Human Development in COVID 19 Era: The Role of Education.
Professor AMEYAW Akumfi commended the Ministry of Education for bringing about the needed transformation to NFED and recounted the role the Department of Social Welfare and the Information Service Department to educate the the large number of the population that had not had any formal education.
He acknowledged the efforts being made by the management of the then NFED for being able to put up programme to help a huge percent of the youth who were running through the streets and Formal education had eluded them.
The former Techiman North MP said Ghanaians Democracy could be deepened only when we a Literate population which can digest issues to influence their voting patterns in elections.
He urged the to take advantage of the free access to knowledge provided by Information, Communication and Technology to develop themselves to be able to face the challenges that modernization pose to them.
Among other dignitaries at the programme were Deputy Education Minister, Hon. Gifty TWUM AMPOFO and the Executive Director of the then NFED.