Ghana Card is the best tool to fight corruption – Dr Bawumia
His Excellency the Vice President and leader of the Economic Management Team, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated that the Ghana Card is what will be used to fight corruption but not rhetoric. He said, ”We are trying to identify everybody uniquely, that is why we are issuing the Ghana Card.”
Speaking at the Ghana Baptist Convention 59th Annual Session in Ejura in the Ashanti Region yesterday, 23rd August, Dr Bawumia said “In fact, since independence, governments after governments have, by and large, not focused on building systems to reduce bribery and corruption, the systems that will make the delivery of public service efficient, systems that will enhance domestic revenue mobilization and the systems that will make life generally easier for Ghanaians.”
“The problems that we have as a nation are, we are largely undisciplined society, a corrupt society, a lawless society, an untrustworthy society, an inefficient government bureaucracy, a tax-dodging society, an informal society and nontransparent society. These are elements that we see in our society. Unfortunately, as a country, we have had no data and system to check the prevalence of these inimical elements to our development,” he added.
He added “It is for this reason that our government had decided that we have to bring light to the system to shine the light on the problems that we have been facing,” hence the government digitization agenda.
“This is why we have adopted the policy of digitalization. This government is building a system that will enhance transparency, promote accountability, discipline, trustworthiness, and enable inclusiveness. You fight corruption with systems, you do not fight corruption with rhetoric. We are trying to identify everybody uniquely, that is why we are issuing the Ghana Card,” he concluded.
