Registrar General taps GHS 75.2million as Online Process Paves Success

 

Government of Ghana’s policy to create more jobs for the people while using technology to enhance the ease of doing business in Ghana gets better as the Registrar General Department (RDG) under the leadership of Mrs. Jemima Oware made GHS 75.2 million Ghana Cedis in 2017.

 

This great strides are in line with the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia declared in 2017 to digitize the registration processes in State Owned Institution in the country into a paperless entity when He unexpectedly paid a visit to the Registrar-General’s Department Wednesday 18 January 2017.

 

According to the Registrar General, Mrs. Jemima Oware, the Department’s efforts to streamline the registration processes of businesses leveraging on technology are geared towards enhancing the ease of doing business in the country.

 

Mr. Jemima Oware confirmed also that the government is committed to restoring investor confidence by enabling registrants to easily register their business on the Registrar General ‘s Department Online Portal and subsequently receive feedback.

 

According to reports published by B&Ft (Tuesday February 13,2018 page 3), Registrar General recorded 86,914 new companies in 2017 year under review as against 60,000 in 2016.

 

Available data indicates that the establishment of the Online transactions resulted in an increase to 12,000 in 2017 as against 2,812 and 86, 2016, 2015 respectively thereby reducing the long queue in the RGD.

 

Meanwhile, in terms of Starting a Business and Registering Property, among the 10 indicators of the Ease of Doing Business according to the World Bank 2018 reports, Ghana is ranked 110 and 119 respectively out of 190 economies in the World. Also Ghana dropped from 108 in 2017 to 120 in 2018.

 

Based on Ghana’s economic outlook in 2018, expects asserts that the country may recover should the other indicators are improved. Some of the indicators include: Getting Credit, dealing with construction permit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, getting electricity, resolving insolvency and enforcing contract. Ghana is likely to spring up from 120 to 90 up in 2019.

 

By: Ghanadailies.com/Business