Vice President Bawumia to open 2023 New Year School

Accra-Ghana, Jan. 14, GNA – Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will be the special guest for this year’s 74th Annual New Year School and Conference in Accra, at the University of Ghana, Legon.
The Vice President will open the conference on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at the University of Ghana, Great Hall in Accra.
The four-day conference will start from Monday, January 16–19, 2023, on the theme “Positioning the African Market for Sustainable Economic Development Through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)”.
The theme will capture the options facing Ghana and other African countries during the economic challenges and provide space for stakeholders to look at the huge potential Africa can offer within the region.
The conference is under the auspices of the School of Continuing and Distance Education, College of Education, University of Ghana, in collaboration with the Ministries of Finance, Education, Communications and Digitization, Trade and Industry, and the Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.
Mr Wamkele Keabetswe Mene, Secretary-General, AfCFTA, will deliver the keynote address at the conference.
Professor Olivia A.T. Kwapong, the Dean, School of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana, speaking at the launch of the Conference in November, 2022, said the School had served as a national forum for discussions on national issues by the citizenry.
She said resolutions from the conference over the years were presented in a communiqué for policy direction and implementation, adding that “we now have a policy that is directing development in the entire country”.
The 74th conference, she stated, would feature presentations on financial, educational, governance, security, and digital technology preparedness for AfCFTA.
Since its inception in 1948, the Conference has been the flagship programme of the University and attracts people from all walks of life to deliberate on topical issues of national and international interest.
The recommendations inform policy decisions and directions in the country.