An ongoing debate in the Ghanaian media started by the National Identification Authority suggests that all identity cards that have been issued in the past year have to be changed. The following are some of the reasons: The old system captured only five fingers out of the 10. This is short of the required international standards which is supposed to capture all the fingers. The amount of data gathered about a person is not enough. Several other may not have provided accurate data Some foreigners who have not naturalized as Ghanaians may have registered. This affects the credibility of the system. Apart from these, this car is not biometric in nature. Several other agencies in the country are creating different cards for their customers. The electoral commission keeps requesting individual who turn up to be 18 to go register in order to be eligible to vote. In this process, several foreigners and minors maneuver their way to register. The National Insurance Scheme also keeps spending lots of time to register its citizens. These and many more issues of which you can think off seem to be hampering the growth of this country. Per this case study, it appears that the country is suffering from a major crisis of information management. Haven gone through the information systems class, what is your stake on this? You have been contracted by the Minister of Communications to serve as a consultant. Based on all the topics studied this semester, kindly provide a detailed solution to this situation. Clarity of answer is very much required.
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An ongoing debate in the Ghanaian media started by the National Identification Authority suggests that all identity cards that have been issued in the past year have to be changed. The following are some of the reasons:
The old system captured only five fingers out of the 10. This is short of the required international standards which is supposed to capture all the fingers.
The amount of data gathered about a person is not enough.
Several other may not have provided accurate data
Some foreigners who have not naturalized as Ghanaians may have registered. This affects the credibility of the system.
Apart from these, this car is not biometric in nature. Several other agencies in the country are creating different cards for their customers. The electoral commission keeps requesting individual who turn up to be 18 to go register in order to be eligible to vote. In this process, several foreigners and minors maneuver their way to register. The National Insurance Scheme also keeps spending lots of time to register its citizens. These and many more issues of which you can think off seem to be hampering the growth of this country.
Per this case study, it appears that the country is suffering from a major crisis of information management.
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