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A member of the National Democratic Congress legal team says the assertions by critics that the star witness for the first and third respondents in the ongoing President contradicted himself in yesterday’s cross-examination is a misunderstanding of Respondents case.

Abraham Amaliba said Johnson Asiedu Nketia acquitted himself and clearly represented the position of the Respondents on the allegations of voting without biometric verification.

Read more: Ghanaians Cannot Be Denied Voting Because Of Machines – Amaliba

The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan Thursday told the nine-member Supreme Court hearing the election petition that the whole mystery surrounding the biometric voter registration exercise undertaken for the 2012 general elections, the first such time Ghana used it, hinged on only two basic features; namely the capture of all 10 fingers of the registrant and the capture of the registrant’s photo.

According to him, only the two features made the 2012 voter registration a biometric exercise and marked it differently from previous registration exercises, otherwise all other information such as name, sex, age, residential address, hometown, names of parents whether dead or alive, etc, which were also collected during the exercise, had previously been collected.

Read more: GH: Afari-Gyan ‘demystifies biometric’ voter registration

Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has urged Ghanaians to make use of information and communication technology (ICT) to help address the carnage on our roads.

He said ICT had the capacity to solve road accidents and challenged the public to determine how ICT could be used to improve road safety.

He further encouraged developers of these platforms to customise the ICT applications to make motoring safe. “If you consider the number of people who lose their lives and individuals who suffer physically, it is clear that the carnage on our roads and transport sector in general negatively affects the growth of our country and world at large,” he said at a ceremony in Accra to commemorate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day in Accra.

Read more: GH: Transport Minister calls for the use of use ICT applications to improve road safety

The Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) in Accra, is to stimulate the interest of girls to pursue careers in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Dr Robert Awuah Baffour, Vice President of the University, who disclosed this, said “Women are not born to be nurses, teachers, or midwives while men are born to be engineers”.

He said in order to change this situation, the “GTUC will continue to introduce programmes and incentives that will encourage young women to take interest in ICT…that is why we reward girls who excel in ICT related courses.”

Read more: Ghana Technology University College Encourages Girls To Pursue ICT Careers

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched the country’s first online based health service which allows patients to engage with doctors online over minor ailments.

With this service, doctors are able to offer 24-hour online patient examination and advice without the patients leaving their homes or offices.

The e-health initiative, an electronic health delivery system, was launched on Friday 17th May, to enable doctors reach their patients online and bring health care to the door steps of the citizenry.

Read more: Ghana’s first E-health service to improve healthcare delivery

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