Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has strongly defended the One Million Coders Programme, dismissing suggestions that the initiative is a rushed or reactionary policy.
According to him, the plan is a product of long-term vision and careful preparation under the leadership of President John Dramani Mahama. "John Mahama is a man who has vision beyond measure.
This plan is not a knee-jerk reaction.
He announced this plan for the first time in 2019. "So we've had six years to build the model, six years to understand what we are about, six years to build the arrangements.