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ICT can fight Corruption in Ghana's Public Service

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  • USMAN 10 years ago

    Our public servants only know how to use ICT to watch ponos and kaba styles.

  • TT 10 years ago

    WATCH PONO AT WORK AND SEE IF YOU WILL HAVE A JOB NEXT DAY

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    no vision no plan no action

  • Awesome Landscapes 10 years ago

    Is it true that the Ghanian Association of cartographers want the soon to be implemented address system to be simplify as follows:

    1. Street name and number, followed by apt number (if any for mail and parcels delivery pur ...
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  • Omanbapa Osei Oyeadieyie 10 years ago

    If we are adopting the numerical zip codes, then we must do it correctly:

    I suggest that each location must have EXACTLY 5 digits as in USA and Germany.

    There shall be no delimiters (comma/slashes etc) within the code.
    ...
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  • Jones 10 years ago

    Don't forget.It is a fact that WHAT works perfectly well in the WHITEMAN'S COUNTRY DOESN'T WORK IN AFRICA.Didn't you read in the news how billions of cedis were embezzled at NATIONAL lOTTERIES through the manipulation of the ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    IM TELLING YOU. THE MINUTE U START PROSECUTING, JAILING N SELLING PPL'S PROPERTIES TO PAY BACK AT THEY STOLE. YOU WILL SEE PPL BEGIN TO BE ACCOUNTABLE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. RIGHT NOW, ITS A FREE FOR ALL.....

  • Has 10 years ago

    "Thank God ICT is with us. We can flash such people out just by the using e-governance strategies."

    I hope you are right!.

  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    Three nuns were in the church the other day at Butumajabo and the 1st nun says, "I was going through the Father's office and do you know what I found? A bunch of pornographic magazines that came from the ICT!"

    "What did yo ...
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  • JAMREAH 10 years ago

    GOVT MUST SPEED UP TO MOVE GHANA INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS,ICT SYSTEMS IN ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS FROM THE LOCAL TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL WILL SOLVE THE CORRUPTION MENACE.WE MUST USE DEBIT AND CREDIT CARDS IN P ...
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  • Kojo Billy Duncan 10 years ago

    Revenue leakage will continue as long as we use the current "all hands in the kitty system." Yes, let us apply ICT to pay all our bills.

  • PAT HOLLAND 10 years ago

    JAMREAH HOW MANY PEOPLE USE DEBIT OR CREDIT CARDS IN GH I WAS IN THE BANK AND THERE WAS NO LIGHT I WENT TO ATM KNOW LIGHT TOO DO YOU THINK GH IS A COUNTRY YOU ARE JOKING

  • Omanbapa Osei Oyeadieyie 10 years ago

    Electronic cards won't solve the problem because for instance a company or an enterprise wont pay using debit/credit, because those cards are purely personal. Example: if GES is paying for a bill, whose card should GES use? ...
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  • Anfoega 10 years ago

    In Ghana an email means nothing to most public officers. They either don't have it or they cannot remember their passwords. So we can find email addresses in neglected websites of state institutions but you dare not use it, b ...
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  • Nana 10 years ago

    I like your approach Kassim, simple and straight forward. Best Wishes!

  • Sara 10 years ago

    the same people will manupulate the iICT system Ghana for you

  • ADWEN 10 years ago

    Kassim, your observation is right and so was "president Mahama during his TV debate for 2012 elections when he emphasised that he will use ICT to fight corruption.
    But now, Mahama has realised that those who live in glass ho ...
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  • ZION AYARIGA 10 years ago

    Thank God ,we now have our own local communication company,the govt can now take the advantage to contract them to do the work,and backed with identification and addressing systam to be computerised if only the govt wants to ...
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  • ken acquah 10 years ago

    Wow! wow! thx kassim. we need an authority to supervise our systems n procedures in the civil service n prosecute offenders. the public procurement authority is a good start. lets move quickly to public service accounting.

  • Pelicles 10 years ago

    Any attempt to use electronics or whatever to turn things around, will be met with stiff opposition. WHY? People are knee deep into corruption and has become a way of life. Those in high places would put whatever obstacles th ...
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  • New Ekuma 10 years ago

    My brother, don't worry ur 'salifu' . Our leaders are crude and backward and they will not give way to the IT inclined to accelerate our developmental agenda. Nonsense.

    Most of our leaders don't check their mails. They do ...
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  • Pelicles 10 years ago

    Look, my brother or sister, our leaders knew exactly what they are up to. They know the rot in the system but as they are benefiting from it, they find it difficult to remedy it. Do you think they do not hear all the comment ...
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  • TT 10 years ago

    IS THE KEY IN GETTING RAID OF OR FLUSHING OUT THESE ILLEGAL MENANCE OF CORRUPTION, GREED, IGNORANCE. EVEN IF DATA IS DELETED, IT CAN BE RETRIEVED WITH CLOUD, OR OUTSIDE STORAGE. PLEASE THESE PEOPLE ARE COURT, TAKE POSSESSION ...
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  • BK 10 years ago

    Very well said, Rwanda has embraced ICT and it has streamlined their government and accelerated their development. In Ghana people will sabotage the IT or bribe the ones in charge. Only way is to contract this out to a foreig ...
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  • PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI- McA 10 years ago

    KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY TOOL TO
    IRRADICATE CORRUPTION
    =====================================
    DECENTRALISE THE TEN REGIONS =ASAP
    ==================================
    FREE SHS ==FREE CHILDERN MEALS==
    PROFESSOR TH ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    WELL, THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WITH THREE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS. ONE WAS BANKER, SECOND DOCTOR AND THE THIRD WAS A LAWYER. THEY ARE VERY GOOD FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME. THEY DECIDED TO GO FOR STRIP SHOW IN NEW YORK. SO, THEY ENE ...
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