{"id":444808,"date":"2017-12-07T22:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T22:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/governments-e-registration-of-businesses-complete-farce-imani\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T22:30:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T22:30:30","slug":"governments-e-registration-of-businesses-complete-farce-imani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/governments-e-registration-of-businesses-complete-farce-imani\/","title":{"rendered":"Government\u2019s e-Registration of businesses \u2018complete farce\u2019 \u2013 IMANI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday,  7 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/62995157.295.jpg\" alt=\"President Of IMANI2 Franklin Cudjoe\" title=\"President Of IMANI2 Franklin Cudjoe\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President of IMANI, Franklin Cudjoe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512685830_105_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has described as a complete farce, the electronic registration of businesses by the Registrar-General\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p>According to the think tank\u2019s President, Franklin Cudjoe, there is no significant difference between the old manual registration process and the newly introduced electronic system.<\/p>\n<p>The government in October 2017 launched the automated and online portal of the Registrar General\u2019s Department, aimed at reducing the time and cost of business registration, and ensuring an appropriate business registration and filing regime.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Cudjoe wants the government to urgently fix the problem with the electronic system to ensure a thriving business environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought that we should ensure we brought evidence to the fact that the website, electronic platforms are not user-friendly. The other one is the Ghana Payment Platform, as for that one, it has been dead for a very long while\u2026. It makes a mockery of the very hard effort of Dr. Bawumia, and I feel somehow that they were deceiving Dr. Bawumia which I think is not the best. I think the Vice President\u2019s office must ensure that they are getting live reports almost on a daily basis of these very things he is being made to launch,\u201d he said in a Citi News.<\/p>\n<p>A live demonstration of the functionality of the websites at IMANI\u2019s Business Reform Forum on Thursday in the presence of officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority and Registrar General\u2019s Department, revealed that the websites were poorly secured.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Cudjoe, commenting on the development said in a Facebook post that, \u201cthe most absurd of requirements is a Tax Identification Number, requested of applicants, new applicants actually, before one continues with the process. Generating a TIN is an off-line process, as one needs to download forms, print them, fill them out and scan and deliver PHYSICALLY and wait forever for the number before continuing the registration process. Why can\u2019t the TIN be randomly generated as part of the registration process?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other joke is the government\u2019s electronic payment platform- The platform has been DEAD for a significant while. It is still dead as I type. Folks, if we really want to move Ghana beyond aid, we have to get the basics of business and enterprise reform right. It makes absolutely no sense to be labouring our young upcoming business owners through these labyrinth of nothingness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He thus called on the government to take urgent steps to address the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must as a matter of urgency fix these basic problems and ensure that officials responsible are held accountable. This is not a problem to be cured by the usual refrain \u2013 National Identification. 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