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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended his Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for his digitalization initiative.

The President, in his penultimate nation address on Tuesday, February 27, was optimistic the digital initiative will provide complete transformation and improvement in the lives of the populace.

Touting some achievements of this digital move under his administration, the President stated emphatically that, "Ghana is making giant strides in the area of digitalization, thereby improving transparency, accountability and efficiency in the public sector and accelerating the growth of our economy. We are definitely going to be part of the digital revolution that is sweeping the world".

He spoke highly of his government in the area of digitalization, stating the digital modifications in the services provided by the Electricity Company of Ghana, Ghana Revenue Authority, National Health Insurance Authority and in other sectors of the economy.

He revealed; "Ghana is ranked number 1 in West Africa and number 7 in Africa in e-governance."

"We have also implemented the use of drones in the delivery of medicines, blood and vaccines and Ghana currently runs the world's largest medical drone delivery service. We have also networked all teaching, Regional and district hospitals and patient records can easily be accessed in these hospitals without the need for a folder," he added.