Mr. Benito Owusu-Bio, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Lands and Forestry has advocated a strategic shift in the modus-operandi of the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands, charging them to embark on a path towards the complete digitalization of their activities.
In a speech delivered at the 2024 Annual Conference of the OASL on Tuesday, February 6th 2024, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio maintained the soundness and importance of the OASL embracing government’s digitalization drive and making digitalization the heart of their activities.
Addressing the management and staff of the OASL on the theme, “Consolidating the Digitalization Agenda for Effective Revenue Mobilization”, the Deputy Minister underlined the essentiality of the fully digital OASL to the government and hoped that the office will take the necessary measures to activate digitalization in its operations.
“I would like to encourage you to take the digitalization agenda seriously as an office as it forms a part of the national digitalization agenda. Your theme for 2024, has been carefully selected to reflect this agenda. I want to urge you all to put your shoulders to the wheels to ensure that much is achieved in line with this,” he said.
He also underscored some noteworthy strides made by the OASL through the support of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.
While taking stock of the achievements, Mr. Benito Owusu-Bio outlined some projects and policies of the OASL which will have the full backing of the ministry to ensure their completion and success.
“I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your performance as an Office over the years, especially last year, where you exceeded your revenue target by 5%. This goes to show that all the strategies put in place by management are yielding good results.”
