Births And Deaths Registry To Reduce Fraudulent Documents
By (ISD) Marmle Ramani. General News | Thu, 28 Aug 2008
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The Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Environment, Mr. Kwadjo Adjei-Darkoh, said the Births and Deaths Registry is collaborating with the Ghana Immigration Service, Registrar General's Department, Bank of Ghana, Passport Office and the National Security Agencies to counter document fraud that has become associated with the acquisition of travel documents in recent times.
He said the automation of the registration system will enable the Registry to produce certificates with enhanced security components that will help to eliminate the influx of fraudulent registration documents in the system.
It will also generate a database of registered events that will facilitate information sharing between the Registry and Agencies such as Ghana Statistical Service, National Identification Authority, Vehicle Examination and Licensing Division, Electoral Commission and others.
Mr. Adjei-Darko said these yesterday at the launch of the celebration of the fifth Births and Deaths Registration Day, scheduled for 1st September 2008 in Inchaban, at the Western Region.
The aim of this and other activities is to raise the level of public awareness about the importance and benefits that early births and deaths registration hold for the state.
The Minister explained that, it facilitates the generation of the demographic indices required for policy formulation, national development planning and proves useful for individual citizens whose legal and social rights and access to various services and opportunities depend, to a marked extent, on the possession of vital registration documents.
The Registry, he said, was established in 1965 after the enactment of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1965 (Act 301) which makes it compulsory to handle and develop a vital registration system in the country.
' I am happy to announce that the computerisation programme of the Births and Deaths Registry is almost complete and the promised use of electronically generated certificates will become reality before the end of this year', he said.
He explained that the Registry is not introducing new birth certificates and advised the public not to rush to re-register their births.
The Minister added that Government, on its part, will do everything in its power to ensure that the operation of the civil registration system becomes efficient and entreats the general public to take advantage of the opportunity being created to report all events of births and deaths that occur in their communities for registration in order that their civic rights will be guaranteed, and to help generate the relevant demographic parameters required for national development planning.
He commended agencies like the Ghana Health Service, Plan Ghana, Unicef, the Ghana Statistical Service, Ministry of Public Sector Reform and the Immigration Service for extending support in various forms to the Births and Deaths Registry.
He also challenged the media to complement the efforts of supporting agencies and institutions by playing the lead role in the dissemination of information and education of the public on issues relating to births and deaths registration and its importance.
He said the automation of the registration system will enable the Registry to produce certificates with enhanced security components that will help to eliminate the influx of fraudulent registration documents in the system.
It will also generate a database of registered events that will facilitate information sharing between the Registry and Agencies such as Ghana Statistical Service, National Identification Authority, Vehicle Examination and Licensing Division, Electoral Commission and others.
Mr. Adjei-Darko said these yesterday at the launch of the celebration of the fifth Births and Deaths Registration Day, scheduled for 1st September 2008 in Inchaban, at the Western Region.
The aim of this and other activities is to raise the level of public awareness about the importance and benefits that early births and deaths registration hold for the state.
The Minister explained that, it facilitates the generation of the demographic indices required for policy formulation, national development planning and proves useful for individual citizens whose legal and social rights and access to various services and opportunities depend, to a marked extent, on the possession of vital registration documents.
The Registry, he said, was established in 1965 after the enactment of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1965 (Act 301) which makes it compulsory to handle and develop a vital registration system in the country.
' I am happy to announce that the computerisation programme of the Births and Deaths Registry is almost complete and the promised use of electronically generated certificates will become reality before the end of this year', he said.
He explained that the Registry is not introducing new birth certificates and advised the public not to rush to re-register their births.
The Minister added that Government, on its part, will do everything in its power to ensure that the operation of the civil registration system becomes efficient and entreats the general public to take advantage of the opportunity being created to report all events of births and deaths that occur in their communities for registration in order that their civic rights will be guaranteed, and to help generate the relevant demographic parameters required for national development planning.
He commended agencies like the Ghana Health Service, Plan Ghana, Unicef, the Ghana Statistical Service, Ministry of Public Sector Reform and the Immigration Service for extending support in various forms to the Births and Deaths Registry.
He also challenged the media to complement the efforts of supporting agencies and institutions by playing the lead role in the dissemination of information and education of the public on issues relating to births and deaths registration and its importance.
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