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BY: Enoch Darfah Frimpong
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng to lead a vaccine development and manufacturing committee in Ghana.
This is line with President Akufo-Addo s determination to ensure that vaccines are developed and manufactured in Ghana.
He said the committee under the chairmanship of the former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, who is a world renowned scientist is to formulate a concrete plan of action towards vaccine development and manufacturing in Ghana.
President Akufo-Addo made this known when he updated Ghanaians on measures being taken to fight the pandemic in Ghana on Sunday night [February 28, 2021].
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that key public officials such as the Speaker and Members of Parliament, the Chief Justice and Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, Chairperson and members of the Council of State, the Chief of Staff and senior officials at the Office of the President, and prominent personalities like some eminent clergy, the National Chief Imam, the Asantehene, the Ga Mantse, and some media practitioners will be taking the COVID-19 jab publicly on Tuesday,