Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, Dr. Mark Oliver Kevor has been appointed by President John Mahama as the Acting Director General of National Information Technology Agency ( NITA).
Dr. Mark Oliver Kevor is an IT expert, and a Lecturer. He has served as member of the Board of National Communication Authority.
He has been task to reset NITA to live up to its vision to position Ghana in high pedestal of the digital economy.
The National Information Technology Agency is a public service institution established by Act 771 in 2008 as the ICT policy implementing arm of the Ministry of Communications.
NITA is the agency responsible for implementing Ghana’s IT policies.
Its mandate includes identifying, promoting and developing innovative technologies, standards, guidelines and practices among government agencies and local governments, as well as ensuring the sustainable growth of ICT via research & development planning and technology acquisition strategies to facilitate Ghana’s prospect of becoming a technology-driven, knowledge-and values-based economy as espoused in the e-Ghana project which ideally seeks to assist the Government generate growth and employment, by leveraging ICT and public-private partnerships.
Source:Mybryfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
