The Tema East Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nene Ofoe Teye-Chu Agbadiagba lV, has celebrated Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia after he launched the CitizenApp, a digital public infrastructure platform that affords citizens a one-stop access to digital public goods.

And in doing so, Nene Agbadiagba compared and contrasted the digital advancement that Dr. Bawumia, who is the ruling New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 election, to former President John Mahama’s offer to provide farmers chicken to rear.

“I will not say much, I think that at this rate, Ghanainas themselves can assess and see for themselves that His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has shot into the future and left Mahama in the village of history,” Nene Ofoe Teye-Chu Agbadiagba lV, who retired from the GPHA recently said.

Nene Agbadiagba, who was recently given a powerful citation at GPHA, was speaking to journalists in an exclusive interview at the Tema Fishing Harbour when he made the analogy.

“In this day and age when progressive and forward looking countries are having conversation about using PoultryApp and even AI for agriculture, Mr. John Mahama is thinking about packing chicken in a polythene bag for farmers,” Nene Agbadiagba mocked John Mahama with a smiling face.

On Monday, October 7, 2024, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia who is also the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, launched the CitizenApp in Accra.

The CitizenApp, which features a unique identification system like the Ghanacard, has been designed to give citizens a lifetime digital experience, as the app can be used to access public services, such as registering the birth of a new-born baby, applying for a Passport and Driver’s License, renewing NHIS card, registering businesses, filing of taxes, searching for jobs, changing of names and, in the unfortunate event of the death of a loved one, accessing death certificate.

Dr. Bawumia explained that, since 2017, the NPP government has remained committed to laying a solid digital foundation, including the introduction of a Biometric National Identity Card (Ghanacard), a digital address system, mobile money interoperability to increase financial inclusion, and the digitization of critical public services.

Building these digital foundations is critical to the transition of a contemporary economy during the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The launch of the CitizenApp he says, “Further demonstrates our commitment to enhancing interactions between government and citizens, as well as giving citizens the best digital experience.”

Responding to the development, Nene Ofoe Teye-chu Agbadiagba praised Dr. Bawumia for what he described as his “sense of the future,” adding that the digital footprints that Dr. Bawumia is leaving on Ghana’s development is his ticket to massive victory in the 2024 presidential election.