The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has advised heads of state institutions to uplift the technological capabilities of their respective organisations, in line with the government’s digitisation agenda, in order to boost their operations for the benefit of Ghanaians and also to contribute effectively towards the economic transformation of the country.
He gave the advice during the closing ceremony of a retreat for board chairpersons, heads and deputy heads of government institutions at Kwahu-Nkwatia in the Eastern Region of Ghana
“To achieve the vision of Ghana Beyond Aid in the shortest possible time, we need to improve our technology capabilities”, Dr Bawumia said.
“According to Alexis Ohanian, you needed to open a factory to participate in the industrial revolution; this time around, you only need to open a laptop to participate in the internet revolution. There is a global paradigm shift, and we must not be left behind in this 4th Industrial Revolution,’ he added.
“This has been my primary inspiration for the digitization agenda; that is, to apply technological innovation to transform the ways and means by which we engage in our everyday production and exchange of economic activities. Whether at home, at our offices, farm and factory, whether it is person to person, person to business, business to business, or person and business to government, transparency and efficiency are our watchwords.”
“Our economic transformation can best be aided by digital transformation to overcome some of our development challenges.”
“For example, our use of drone technology in the delivery of medical supplies has helped us to overcome many challenges in the delivery of health care services to the people who live far in the rural areas and far from urban centres.”
“We save lives, provide more efficient management and distribution of critical medical supplies and gain more equitable access to the health care system.”
“When we apply technological innovations to the passport office, to DVLA, to the distribution of pre-mix fuel and fertilisers, we are improving on our production and service delivery capabilities to transform the economy.”
“That is why as heads of public institutions we take this opportunity to implore each one of you to join us in this transformation. Somewhere in your organization, somewhere in your production and delivery of services for a fee, technological innovation and digital transformation procedures can lift the performance of your organization, or help the organisation overcome the obstacles we have faced for several years. It is all in innovations of processes, procedures and data management.”
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