A statement signed by Mr Gideon Adjah, Communication Manager of E-tranzact for Mr Pianim said, Mr Pianim was speaking was addressing stakeholders and media personnel at a forum organized by E-transact on theme: "E-Payment as a vehicle for economic growth".
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He said policy issues pertaining to the youth would be made available on the National Youth Authority website to be debated on by the youth and come out with recommendations, which would be forwarded to Parliament for consideration. Mr. Humado announced this when Mr. Seth Oteng, Executive Director of Youth Bridge Foundation, and some African youth delegates paid a courtesy call on him in Accra.
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In a keynote address, Mr Iddrisu noted that the infrastructure would help reduce corruption, promote transparency and efficiency in the delivery of government services to the public as well as help government departments and agencies reduce cost, improve the security of their databases and make it easier for government channel partners to plug into government databases for the delivery of services.
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In 2010, the government, through the Controller & Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), decided to obtain the biometric information of all public servants as part of efforts to improve payroll management in Ghana but the gathering of data started in April 2012.
So far, biometric information of active workers in the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Western and Volta Regions have been collated.
The beneficiary MDAs include the ministry of foreign affairs passport office, Accra metropolitan assembly, food and drugs board, births and deaths registry, national identification authority, national communication authority, national information technology agency, Ghana tourism authority, minerals commission, driver and vehicle licensing authority, and Ghana police service CID Office.
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