Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has announced a new digital platform for Commercial taxi drivers operating in the Great Accra Region.

Dr. Bawumia said that the move which is similar to the electronic platforms being operated by Uber and Bolt is part of the government’s digitization agenda.

The Vice President disclosed this on Wednesday at the opening of the 46th Session of the General Council Meeting of the Church of Pentecost at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Gomoa-Fetteh, in the Central Region.

He noted that piloting of the electronic taxis in Greater Accra was a practical solution to a practical problem.

According to him, this will enable the public to seek their services at any location in the region.

“This is the sort of things we, as politicians, should be focusing on in dealing with the problem of our people,” he said

The whole public and private transport sectors would soon go on a “Tap and Go” system to be accessed with oyster cards by the end of this year, the Vice President said

He urged the church to ask politicians to focus on finding solutions to the country’s problems and not to indulge in politics of insults and propaganda.

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s remarkable effort in spearheading Ghana’s digitization drive has earned him international plaudits in recent times.

In 2021, the Global Development Agency of the United Nations, UNDP 2021 hailed Dr. Bawumia for spearheading Ghana’s digital transformation under the Akufo-Addo government.

Dr. Bawumia and other government stakeholders have led digitization success on the back of the issue of biometric national identification cards, digital addressing systems, the digitization of government agencies, the Pharmaceutical industry, the Port and harbour industry, and mobile money interoperability among others.

Source: Ghana/Sompaonline.com/Nana Yaw Boamah