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The Vice President and Flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has highlighted the enormous impact of digitisation on the country’s development, after seven years of investment in the sector by the NPP Government.
Speaking at the opening of the 75th Annual New Year School by the University of Ghana, Dr Bawumia said, focusing on modernising the Ghanaian economy through digitisation, upon assumption of office in 2017, was essential, and the results, he noted, have been telling.
“The goal, upon assumption of office, was to quickly transform our economy by leveraging on technological innovation as a means to leapfrog the development process, overcome legacy problems and improve both economic and public sector governance. This is why digitalisation has been a major area of focus for our government; to build a new system through digital transformation.”
Since 2017, Ghana’s digitalisation drive has seen the successful implementation of a national biometric identification system, a property address system, mobile money interoperability between all telephone networks and financial institutions, digitisation of government services at the DVLA, passport offices, NHIS services, port operations, delivery of essential drugs through drones, among many others.
These interventions, Dr. Bawumia, noted, are having positive impacts on governance, as well as making things easier for Ghanaians.
“It is worthy to mention that our investments in digitalizing the economy are yielding amazing results,” Dr. Bawumia said.
“Our focus on digitization is building efficient digital platforms for government business, and deepening financial inclusion.”
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