Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia had urged the Church to embrace innovation. According to him, regardless of the Church's commitment to ensure the spiritual needs of the people, innovation needs to be part of them. The vice president who shared this in a Facebook post, said it was part of his address to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Abetifi in the Eastern region. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia reminded the Church that government is aware of their role in the development of the country and pledged that government will continue to collaborate with them to ensure even distribution of development in the country.