Dr Edward Omane Boamah (right), Minister of Communications, and his Deputy, Mr Ato Sarpong (2nd right), interacting with Mr Kobby Fiagbe(2nd left), Editor of the Lens newspaper, and Mr Obeng Manu of Peace FM after the launch of the E-Transform Project in Accra.

Two bodies to facilitate e-Transform Project commissioned

Doreen Andoh Nov - 27 - 2014 , 09:10 2 minutes read

Two committees have been commissioned in Accra to facilitate the implementation of the government’s e-Transform Project which aims at transforming and enhancing the delivery of selected public sector services.

The two bodies, the inter-ministerial and the technical committees, will facilitate the US$97-million project by making their operations and service delivery Information and Communications Technology (ICT) -based.

The inter-ministerial committee, which is mandated to oversee the project, has been tasked to ensure that the development objectives of the e-Transform Project are achieved within the timelines, while the technical committee has been tasked to prepare quarterly and biannual briefs on implementation progress in a project implementation manual.

Components of the e-Transform Project include creating an enabling environment for electronic governance.

The project, approved on October 24, 2013, is expected to be completed by June 2019.

The inter-ministerial committee comprises Mr Ato Sarpong, a Deputy Minister of Communications; Dr Victor Bampoe, the Deputy Minister of Health; Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Deputy Minister of Education; Dr Dominic Ayine, the Deputy Minister of Justice; Mr Issah Yahaya, the Chief Director of the Communications Ministry, and representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the Attorney-General’s Department.

e-Transform Project

The Communications Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, who launched the project and commissioned the committees in Accra, said a US$9-million grant had been secured from the World Bank to implement the project over a five- year period.

“It is to improve the efficiency and coverage of government service delivery, using ICT as a major driver of President Mahama’s socio-economic transformational agenda,” he said.

He said the institution of the e-Transform Project was a road map to transform Ghana into an information-rich and knowledge-based society.

The minister said the implementation of the project would, therefore, require that all stakeholders work hard to achieve the desired objectives.

e–Ghana Project

Dr Boamah said the e-Transform Project would consolidate the gains made under the e-Ghana Project, which was scheduled to end by December this year, after seven years of operation.

The e-Ghana Project, among other things, was designed to increase the competitiveness of the ICT sector in Ghana.

He named some accomplishments of the e-Ghana Project as the deployment of e-applications, including automation of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Registrar-General’s Department and the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).

Writer’s email Doreen.andoh@graphic.com.gh