It was on the theme: “Improving the Performance of the Local Government System in the era of E-Governance,” placing information communication and technology (ICT) at the centre of government dealings with citizens.
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The platform has been instrumental in changing the way people transact business, and it is progressively moving towards achieving its target of helping to propel Ghana towards a cashless society.
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The IMO committee, which has Ato Sarpong, Deputy Minister for Communication, as its chairman, has the core objective of guiding and ensuring that the e-Ghana project is well-executed.
In an address, the Minister for Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, said the Ministry of Communications (MoC) had been implementing the e-Ghana project with a US$ 97 World Bank support which was expected to be completed in December 2014.
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The situation is not being helped by the current arrangement under which biometric registration of first timers and replacement of expired cards has been centralized and could only be done at the district office.