There was a moment of mild tension and subtle sarcasm during the vetting of Deputy Minister of Communications, Mohammed Adam Sukparu, when a member of the Parliamentary Appointments Committee from the Minority caucus (NPP side) Jerry Ahmed Shaib questioned his understanding of a key component of the government's tech agenda - coding.
Referring to the ruling party's manifesto and its ambitious promise to train one million Ghanaians in coding, the NPP MP asked bluntly, "Do you know what coding is?" Sukparu, who was calm in his response, replied, "Yes, I do." Pressed to explain further, he said: "Coding is providing training for young men and women in the IT space.
Training them in web design, training them in how to build software and what have you.
Basically, this is what coding is, Mr.
