GhanaPostGPS App Will Boost 2020 Census Data Collection – Statistician of Government | General news

The government statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, said the GhanaPostGPS application is an important resource that will help the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to improve data collection at the next 2020 population census.

Addressing a media section after a brief meeting between Ghanaian Post and GSS officials in Accra last Tuesday, Professor Annim said that the entire data collection method had gone from collection on paper at computer collection.

"The use of GhanaPostGPS application will simplify the collection of data, such as geocodes, data on regions, districts and localities, which are still part of the data collected at each census since 1960", he noted.

"The 2020 Population and Housing Census will provide a comprehensive list of the location of structures, schools and hospitals, among others, to help the Ghana Post improve its services," he added. .

Training

The Ghanaian Post Commercial Officer, Mr. Jonathan Ansah, who led the delegation to the meeting, said he was optimistic about the collaboration, adding that arrangements would be made to train the GSS team on the application to generate accurate data. for a successful census.

GhanaPostGPS is Ghana's official digital property addressing system, which ensures that all sites in the country are taken into account.

With GhanaPostGPS, each site has a unique numeric address, consisting of the postal code (region, district and area code) and a unique address.

The GSS is to undertake a national census in 2020.

An experimental census of population and housing is underway to provide a basis for collecting accurate data and reports.

Context

GhanaPostGPS was launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on October 18, 2017.

It was intended to facilitate policy initiatives and planning by the government, to provide accurate data for planning and service delivery to service providers, and ultimately to facilitate the identification and research of service providers. Locations, as well as to improve the provision of emergency services.

It was designed by Vokacom, a Ghanaian company specializing in information technology, and hosted by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA).

GhanaPostGPS is a global addressing system that divides Ghana into 5m x 5m squares and badigns each one a unique address, called a digital address.

A national address register has been integrated into the system to allow individuals to validate their homes and businesses for easy identification and identification.