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’s determination to formalize Ghana’s economy and facilitate accelerated national development.
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.
It was under the theme “Accelerating Ghana’s Development through Transparency & Integrity.”
While emphasizing the importance of a National Identification system in the growth strategy of any nation, Dr Bawumia underscored the NPP government’s objective of integrating the various sectors of the economy to promote transparency and good governance through a proper addressing system.
“In addition to unique identification for individuals, we need unique identification for properties. It is very important for transparency and good governance that Ghana puts together a Property Addressing System, a post code system, totally GPS-based digital addressing system,” Dr Bawumia stated.
He continued: “Every property, thanks to Google maps and others, has a unique GPS code. That we know. But we have so many different bodies and institutions – Lands Commission, Survey Department, Minerals Commission, Forestry Commission – everybody has their own maps. So we’re going to bring everybody together, sit down and forge this property addressing system once and for all.
“Starting from next week we’ll 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 formalize our economy.”
Among other benefits, a formalized economy will prevent people from escaping the payment of taxes and levies required for national development, Dr Bawumia stated.
"The Good Corporate Governance Initiative was organized 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."
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Please don't start this untill the inner city development have started and all the areas are redesigned don't talk about addresses else u guys will also waist money like the previous government.
This is never new, and should not be presented as an innovation. Attempts have been made by the previous administration, but failed. He should rather be telling us how he intends to build it.
Wow, it's been very long to do this. Kudos to Nana and Dr. They will succeed .
This is a serious Job Creation Policy that must be taken Serious. Thank You, Your Excellency. You've Made my day
This is serious governance. The last time I tried to to use a gps in Kumasi it was disastrous... ''turn right'', but there was no road on my right. Perhaps someone had built a house there. I don't know what Kwame Nkrumah was thinking (he founded a country with no citizen ID and property address systems). I thank every discerning Ghanaian who voted for Bawumia and Nana. May God bless their efforts.
Such property address system will have a location address system for every business, where no postal box number is used. So, for instance,if I wanted SNNIT Pension House address, it would be like: 2501 Patrice Lamumba Road, Accra. To locate the building, just drive to Patrice Lumumba road, and look for building numbered 2501,instead of P.O. Box MB 933 Accra. So,in effect, every business will have its location address in the Property Address database. In future, we can use postal code to
That's the way to go. By achieving this objective, the Tax net will automatically be broadened and we can then think of reducing the Tax rate (Corporate,Income,Customs,VAT etc..) which overburden a few. Dr. B. has got to be hard on the Lands agencies since Millions of Dollars have been spent in the past to achieve this objective but for the sake of some technocrats selfish gains and corrupt politician, nothing got done. We have to collectively pay for the development we desire as a people.