The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Buwumia has disclosed government plans to digitise tickets for football matches in the country.
According to him, the government has begun talks with the National Sports Authority (NSA) to make the implementation possible.
Dr. Bawumia also indicated that the initiative has become necessary to enable fans to sit at the comfort of their homes and purchase tickets for games, to avoid struggling for ticketing before entry to various stadiums.
“The government under the leadership of His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo recognises that our progress as a nation in the modern world is inextricably linked to digitisation and will therefore continue its adoption for the enhanced service delivery.
“Actually, we have engaged the National Sports Authority because we need to digitise football tickets to enter the stadium. You should be able to sit at home, buy your tickets and go and enter the stadium without any (scheming) at the gate,” he explained.
The vice president added that government remains focused to make Ghana competitive in the global market with digitisation, therefore taking the steps has become key.
“It’s a critical path for our nation to remain competitive in the world of today and tomorrow. Government is willing to support any institution, public or private, which intends on implementing digital initiatives for efficiency.
“We are going to do exactly that and you will see it in the next months that we will all be using our phones to buy tickets to watch football in the country,” Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said.
The Vice President said these during the official launch of the digitised National Assay Laboratory in Accra on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
