Prisoners asked to use time in prison to learn ICT

Ho, Aug 11, GNA - Mr Ernest Attuquaye Armah, a Deputy Minister of Communications, has advised prisoners to use their time in jail to learn Information Communication Technology (ICT) at the laboratories now availabl= e in prisons across the country.

He gave the advice on Wednesday when he visited the Ho Central Prisons as part of a Volta Regional tour of ICT laboratories facilitated by the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC). Mr Armah said providing ICT learning centres for the prisons was part o= f the government's efforts to 93give the prisoners something to do after serving their sentences". He said the National Democratic Congress (NDC), as a Social Democratic Party, was interested in the welfare of all, including prisoners. Mr Armah assured prison authorities of the government's commitment towards making the project a success and urged them to liaise with the Ministry to solve difficulties. Mr Divine Ocloo, Deputy Superintendent of Prisons, Coordinator at the H= o Prisons ICT Centre, called for its expansion and the provision of adequate teaching and learning materials.

Some prisoners attending the ICT class asked to be provided with printe= d notes which they could keep and use as references.

The team also visited the Community Information Centres (CICs) at Klikor-Agbozume in the Ketu-South District and Avernopeme in the Akatsi District. At Avernopeme, Mr. Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, Akatsi District Chief Executive, said the Assembly had resolved to convert the community library into an ICT centre and appealed to the GIFEC for support. SD/BAA