The Head of the Local Government Services, Engineer Dr. Nana Ato Arthur has charged the Regional Coordinating Councils and Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies across the country to change their style of operations.
According to him, the mandate of the Local Government has recently become more complex due to the demands and expectations of the general public following rapid organization and increasing growth in population.
Mr. Arthur who observed that there is more to do said digitalization has proven to be a major intervention in ensuring that cities and rural areas become more inclusive, indicating that Artificial Intelligence (AI) would be an ideal to make their work easier and faster likewise the paperwork.
He noted that AI has become a public-interest technology that aids efficiency in their day-to-day activities, hence, entreating all to embrace the new technological world.
Ing. Ato Arthur made the statement when speaking at the Local Government’s Service Smart Workplace Sensitization and Training Workshop organized for both Eastern and Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Councils and Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies held in Koforidua on how to use digitalization to keep their documents intact for future references.
In furtherance, the Local Government Services boss admonished the Chief Directors of the Regional Coordinating Council and Assemblies to take full control of the system rather than leaving the mandate on its officers at the Department of the Information Technology.
In his speech, the Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong stated that Ghana is embracing this transformative initiative journey leveraging technology to drive innovation to enhance efficiency and unlock new opportunities across the various sectors.
“Digital tools and resources have the potential to reform the delivery of public services in advance of overall digital transformation as technology is rapidly involved in today’s ever-changing landscape and it requires new skills and knowledge,” he added.
Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the Chief Operating Officer for E-Solution, Gabriel Dela noted that the rate at which RCCs and Assemblies mostly complain about missing files is very worrying but with the introduction of the smart system they will have effective monitoring of their documents for keep.
He stressed that the implementation of the smart system in all 261 Assemblies and 16 Regional Coordinating Councils would help reduce the stress they go through at the workplace in line of duties.
This, he conclude would also facilitate the convenience of forwarding its files and documents to their respective Chief Directors irrespective of their location.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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