Among these are the Ministries of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs, Employment and Labour Relations as well as Water Resources, Works and Housing.
The institutions are the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) with the Minister as its Chairman, the National Communication Authority (NCA) with Mr. Eugene Baffoe Bonnie as Chairman and the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), with Professor Nii Quaynor as Chairman.
He said any country that failed to harness the power of ICT effectively would be locked out and forced to remain a marginal player on the global economic stage.
Mr John Steven Agbenyo, Executive Director of the NGO who presented the computers in Tamale, said his outfit gave basic ICT training to the staff of the Assembly to enable them perform their duties efficiently.
Hon. Kyeremeh said as government officials, they have been employed by the people and therefore attach great importance to concerns raised by citizens especially “when they relate to constructive engagement to improve public services”.
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