The National Dean of Presiding Members – Ghana, Mr. Joseph Korto expressed worry over local government refusal to pay salaries to Assembly Members.
According to him, the development is disturbing since their duties are tedious thus, the Local Government Ministry and Parliament should seek to amend some articles of the laws to ensure their incentives goes up.
Mr. Korto adds, all the 261 MMDCEs have vehicles and offices to discharge their duties unlike the presiding members. Meanwhile they are the pillars of the Assembly, something he’s asking gov’t to get them vehicles and offices to help them discharge their duties accordingly.
He told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH during the 2021 National Conference held in Eastern Region-Kofoidua with the THEME: GHANA’S DIGITAL REVOLUTION FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE; THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL ASSEMBLIES.
Mr. Joseph Korto then urged all the Assemblies to embrace digitization in their works, because digitization is key to development.
Speaking on behalf of the Communications Minister, Mrs. Ursula Owusu Akuffo, the Deputy Administrator of Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), Mrs. Eva Andoh Opoku indicated that, most countries are developing through digital transformation which Ghana must follow suit to emulate them.
Mrs. Andoh Opoku continue that, girls are not interested in studying ICT as a result, the Communication Ministry led by Mrs. Owusu Akuffo have introduced what’s called ‘Girls in ICT’ to teach them about how to operate computer or mobile phones to do businesses transaction
“The Communication Ministry is training over 1000 girls in IT nationwide which have commenced in C/R, NE/R, O,R, W/R, and WN/R. This programme have made us to notice that most of the girls haven’t even seen computer mouse before and is difficult for them to use it.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnews.
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