Dr Boamah said this at the 5th ICT Conference of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Accra on Tuesday.
The three day conference is on the theme: "Mobile Service that empowers vulnerable communities" and 350 participants from five continents were taking part in the conference.
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The project, which envisages the complete computerisation and rollout of online information technology-enabled services to all public sector agencies, will be executed on turn-key basis to the government of Ghana.
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Currently, as reported in the Ghana News Agency, the only registration center is located in the Ministry of Finance in Accra, which means a lot of travel for those outside the country’s capital. In the interim, suggest the public workers, the government should increase the number of computers and workers at the existing registration center.
He expressed concern that the six months training programme in computer and mobile phone repairs were being conducted by the company free of charge but the youth in the region had failed to access such opportunity to upgrade theis skills.
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They have also suggested to the government, as an interim measure, to augment the number of computers and workers at the only registration centre located in the Ministry of Finance.
They said these measures would lessen tension and corruption at the centre and relieve workers of nuisance and risk of having to travel to Accra to register.
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