The
Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) Training School and Academy in Assin Fosu, Ghana is getting a $3.4 million information technology lab through a partnership with IOM Ghana, the GIS and funding from the European Union.
The 70 computer labs will focus on preparing students with technical skills to improve the capacity of immigration officials to manage Ghana's borders and channel migrants toward intended destinations.
“In this digital age, IT skills are required in all areas of immigration
duties," Project Manager Kazumi
Nakamura
said. "The lab will greatly enhance the capacity of immigration
officers to perform their day-to-day migration management duties more
professionally and effectively."
The new facility will paid for over three years through the E.U.'s 10th European Development Fund.
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