Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekufful, Minister of Communications, has said the government of Ghana is committed to Fighting Cybercrime.

She said the Communications Ministry had been tasked with the responsibility to champion cyber security initiatives in the country, which according to her, could be executed successfully.

She said government want to increase the digitization of the economy, by making the national identity card (ID) system ready by end of the year, and also activating a digital property address system that would link all the databases in various sectors to enhance law enforcement.

Mrs Owusu-Ekufful said this at the first Academic Alumni day/homecoming of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra. The event was on the theme “Reconnecting and Networking for Peace and Security”.

She said, as a result of this, I am supervising the development of a multi stakeholder cyber-security governance structure that would involve the different stakeholders including representatives from the national security, military, financial services, energy, telecommunications transport and logistics.

Speaking on the topic “Cyber and National Security Perspectives and Challenges and the Role of Education/KAIPTC. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said cybercrimes not only have financial or economic impacts on Ghana, but also social and political repercussions, therefore the rising nexus between cyber activities and national security in the context security landscape of the Ghana.

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