He therefore directed the agencies to ensure that they process their salaries based on the data.
This was contained in a press release signed by the sector Minister and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Friday in Accra.
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The NCR, made up of journalists specializing in the digital world, technology and telecom, hopes that the new pledge will assist in developing the knowledge and understanding of the ICT and telecom sectors in the country as the government pushes forward on a number of projects, including broadband expansion to rural areas and e-government initiatitves.
Under the agreement with NITA (National Information Technology Agency), Alcatel-Lucent will also manage network operations of Ghana’s entire ‘e-government’ program for three years commencing November 2012. The e-Ghana initiative is aimed at developing local IT services and improving the transparency and efficiency of government functions.
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Dr. Roger Koranteng, Secretary of GIDC, said the integrated software programme, which is yet to be introduced in Ghana, would collate data from every government sector and facilitate easy access to national information.
He said “this software has so many uses, and if it had been introduced earlier it would have helped address the voter verification challenges because it is a software that would have already captured data from the population census and identify people who have reached the voting age.”
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Equipment for the center has been customized to meet the needs of the visually impaired, which include translations and talking keyboards.