The government will next week convene a meeting with key stakeholders to begin the process of fashioning out a national Property Addressing System (PAS), to be developed in tandem with the National Identification system.<\/p>\n
The PAS is another indication of the Akufo-Addo government\u2019s determination to formalise Ghana\u2019s economy and facilitate accelerated national development.<\/p>\n
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, announced plans for the meeting while speaking at a conference on Good Corporate Governance in Accra on Tuesday, January 31, 2017.<\/p>\n
It was under the theme \u201cAccelerating Ghana\u2019s Development through Transparency & Integrity.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n While emphasising the importance of a National Identification system in the growth strategy of any nation, Dr Bawumia underscored the NPP government\u2019s objective of integrating the various sectors of the economy to promote transparency and good governance through a proper addressing system.<\/p>\n \u201cIn addition to unique identification for individuals, we need unique identification for properties.\u00a0 It is very important for transparency and good governance that Ghana puts together a Property Addressing System, a postcode system, totally GPS-based digital addressing system,\u201d Dr Bawumia stated.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cEvery property, thanks to Google maps and others, has a unique GPS code. That we know. But we have so many different bodies and institutions \u2013 Lands Commission, Survey Department, Minerals Commission, Forestry Commission \u2013 everybody has their own maps. So we\u2019re going to bring everybody together, sit down and forge this property addressing system once and for all.<\/p>\n \u201cStarting from next week we\u2019ll have our first stakeholder meeting on this property addressing system, and it will help us as a country, if we work in tandem with the national ID system, to really formalise our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n Among other benefits, a formalised economy will prevent people from escaping the payment of taxes and levies required for national development, Dr Bawumia stated.<\/p>\n “The Good Corporate Governance Initiative was organised by the Action Chapel International in collaboration with KRIF Ghana and the US Embassy. H.E. Robert Jackson, Ambassador of USA to Ghana, was also present.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The government will next week convene a meeting with key stakeholders to begin the process of fashioning out a national Property Addressing System (PAS), to be developed in tandem with the National Identification system. The PAS is another indication of the Akufo-Addo government\u2019s determination to formalise Ghana\u2019s economy and facilitate accelerated national development. Vice President, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":262861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[389,42,3,3628],"yoast_head":"\n