Government today launched and started the implementation of an E-Cabinet platform, effectively eliminated the manual distribution of cabinet documents and embracing technology in the conduct of cabinet business.

President John Dramani Mahama, in his remarks to launch the E-Cabinet Platform, said its introduction would not only enhance the efficiency of cabinet and ministers but also allow for the real-time dissemination of information on developing agenda and documents.

The platform provides for an electronic archiving of cabinet papers with ease of search and retrieval functionalities, and would provide for alert systems on outstanding tasks and new announcements.

The President encouraged all ministers who are not yet fully conversant with the platform to do so, indicating that all announcements and documents will be distributed via the platform from the next Cabinet meeting.