“The Govt of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is hoping to address a key problem that has confronted this nation, and that is the deal with issue. There are so quite a few houses that do not have an deal with. That difficulty hampers progress. If you do not have an tackle how do you get an ambulance to occur to your house? How do you immediate them? How do you get the Fireplace Company to appear in your time of need to have? How do you get the Law enforcement if for example there is a robbery using place? If you utilize for a position, or a personal loan, and you really do not know your tackle, it turns into a challenge. If you get merchandise on the online, e-commerce, and they want to supply to your residence, you need to be capable to give an address. If you lease from a landlord and Lease Command desires to know the place you are, you really should be ready to give an tackle.
“So we determined that we must leverage on what we have previously finished in the context of the Electronic Address Technique, to supply distinctive addresses to just about every house and house in Ghana. Land Use and Spatial Scheduling Authority has been functioning really intently with the Ministry of Area Government and the Assemblies. They have determined about 7.5 million homes in Ghana, so the intention is to make positive that every single one of these homes has a exceptional handle.
“The 1st phase of the challenge is what we are witnessing now. We have printed about 4 million of the address plates so significantly. What is also very good is that so considerably we have, through the Ministry of Area Authorities and LUSPA, we have named every street in Ghana and this will go into the addressing system.”
“This new addressing system” the Vice President emphasised, “is leveraging on the GhanaPostGPS digital addressing procedure to supply a one of a kind residence number, street title, digital deal with and a QR Code all embossed on a plate and affixed to the property to allow for simple identification. Every single street in Ghana has been named, every single residence has an deal with, and in thanks course the plates will be affixed on them. The fixing of the plates is no cost.
