Ghana reiterates support for capacity building in Africa
Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has underscored the centrality of capacity development in the transformation of Africa, praising the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), for delivering on its mandate to offer topnotch technical and knowledge support to African countries and institutions to leverage the continent’s sustainable development.
Dr. Bawumia made this remarks during a meeting with the Executive Secretary of the Foundation, Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, in Accra, according to a press release from ACBF copied to ghanabusinessnews.com.
“ACBF is a well-known Pan-African Institution that has made huge achievements through its capacity development investments on the continent,” Bawumia was quoted as saying in the release.
He said the development of Africa’s institutional and human capacity to deliver on the continent’s development goals was of utmost importance and it was urgent for member States of the ACBF to fulfill their pledges towards meeting all the financial needs of the Foundation’s new Strategic Plan, in order for the Foundation to continue with its indispensable mandate, it added.
“My country will therefore play a leading role in promoting the Foundation’s activities which are key in spearheading Africa’s development,” he was further quoted as saying in the release.
The Executive Secretary of the ACBF thanked the Ghanaian leadership for the country’s pledge to the Foundation’s previous strategic plans and its commitment to ACBF’s current Strategic Plan for 2017-2021, built on the following four strategic pillars: enabling the effective delivery of continental development priorities, supporting countries to achieve tangible development results, enhancing private sector and civil society contributions to sustainable development, and leveraging knowledge and learning to increase development effectiveness in Africa, the release added.
Prof. Nnadozie, according to the release noted that the total value of financial contributions towards the delivery of the Foundation’s programme by Member States reached 20 per cent of the required funding for ACBF during the 2012-2016 strategic period but such contributions continue to be decisive as they demonstrate Member States’ commitments and contribute in leveraging resources from other donors.
He added that, “ACBF’s request for Member States to honor their pledges, is also clearly in line with our new approach of going beyond making investments on capacity development in the form of grants, to providing more strategic services to member states, such as providing capacity development services.”
By Pamela Ofori-Boateng
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