Dr. Bawumia has said that government is using digitalization to influence national dialogue and encourage changes in conduct based on moral ideals.

The government has made a conscious decision to decrease the human the user experience, which is typically the arena for bribery, in an attempt to decrease the prevalence and develop an entirely novel approach to national life, Dr. Bawumia said in describing the benefits achieved by the current infusion of automation in everyday national life.

On July 26, 2023, Dr. Bawumia addressed attendees at the Nationwide Development Conference 2023, which was put on by the Church of Pentecost. He praised the benefits of digitization in the struggle against bribery and moral decay.

All significant players in Ghana’s development, including former presidents John Agyekum Kufuor and John Mahama, the speaker of parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban S.K. Bagbin, the chief justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkonoo, nationalistic executives of political parties, spiritual leaders, leaders of civil society organizations, and governance experts, attended the conference with the theme “Moral Vision and National Development.”

“The way a nation is transformed depends on its citizens. Because of this, as a government, we have put a lot of effort into developing mechanisms that will lessen the impact of the human element while increasing transparency as a result of the economy’s digitalization. Systems that will promote or require morally righteous action have been put in place.

He continued, “Through digitalisation we can induce conduct that is ethically upright”, pointing out that by removing the human user experience, governments and their clients are forced to act honorably and pay respectable fees because machines don’t understand bribery.

Dr. Bawumia cited the significant effects that digitization has had on productivity and income production in some important government organizations.

“Without the need for “goro guys,” the DVLA is now a top-notch organization. A passport can now be applied for online and delivered to your home without the need to pay a fee. Clearing your products has gotten significantly simpler and the dock is now paperless.

“Revenue generating has been significantly impacted by digitalization. Consider the Ghanaian Electricity Company. The corporation was taking in a mean of Ghs450 million per month before going digital. We observed that, despite the rise in clients, this number had remained constant for a number of years. Clearly, there was a problem. Therefore, we digitized their procedures and eliminated cash from all payments. The system is operating efficiently despite some initial opposition. And strangely, the monthly income has increased dramatically from GHS 450 million to GHS 1.2 billion, he revealed.

“The Passport Office generated an average of Ghs1 million annually prior to digitization. The Office currently makes approximately Ghs60m annually after we digitalized the procedure, including making payments cashless.

“Revenue generating has been significantly impacted by digitalization. Consider the Ghanaian Electricity Company. The business was bringing in around GHS 450 million on average before going digital.The diminution and deletion of the human interaction, he said, “makes it clear that thanks to the infusion of technological advancement, we have established an environment, a system where bribery cannot thrive.”

Dr. Bawumia emphasized the government’s resolve to relieve Ghana’s citizens and restore the economy to the high rates of prosperity that characterized its management in the span of three years prior to the epidemic of Covid in 2020.

“I dare claim that the congregation of Pentecost is the one Church that has, over time and especially recently, risen to its responsibilities of being a faithful partner with Parliament in shaping the growth of the nation.

He stressed that “the Church of Pentecost will always merit the unwavering admiration of the Ghanaian people for the contribution it has made to medical care, social welfare, and the economic prosperity of Ghana.”