Thursday, February 16, 2012

Gov’t assures IT sector

Information Technology Association of Ghana (ITAG) has been outdoored with the assurance of providing the enabling policies to enhance business growth and for the transformation of the country’s social, economic and political development.

“Information Communication Technology (ICT) was an important tool that would enable professionals from all sectors of the economy to improve on their productivity for national development.

“Improving business communication is a critical mass for the transformation of the country’s
Social, economic and political development of every country. This positions the practitioners and professionals to contribute towards the growth of human capital in creating a knowledge industry and economy.

“The industry is driven by private sector and that government will help provide the enabling policies to grow the sector,” Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications, said this at a ceremony to officially outdoor the Association in Accra.

Speaking under the theme: ‘Building a Network of IT Professionals for Accelerated National Development,’ said “government's commitment to provide an enabling environment for professionals in the IT industry to operate.”

He urged the IT professionals to contribute to the debate on the biometric voters register to improve electoral processes in the country.

Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor, the Interim President of ITAG explained that the successful outdooring of the Association for practitioners and professionals of IT would enable the engagement of human capital in creating a true knowledge industry and economy.

Mr. William Tevie, Secretary of ITAG, said the government’s programme of ICT for accelerated growth and commitment to developing IT resulted in the setting up of the National Information Technology Agency.

He said the agency was tasked to ensure that ICT was used to enhance growth in all aspects for the economy.

Mr. Tevie said the Association also aimed at providing a forum to share ideas and best practice, seeking common interests and standards and providing a better understanding of the environment in which practitioners operated.

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