ONLINE REGISTRATION PM Launches DigitalFIJI Services in West

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has fulfilled his promise to all Fijian mothers after launching the extension of the digitalFIJI, Online Birth Registration Service in Lautoka yesterday.

Mr Bainimarama told the 10 mothers who came with their newborns to the launch that he kept his promise during the official launch of the pilot project of the new Birth Registration app in April this year.

“While launching that test phase, I promised that this would soon be rolled out all over Fiji,” Mr Bainimarama said.

“I’m pleased to be here in Lautoka, just two months later, to deliver on the next phase of that promise as we extend the apps services not only to the hospital here, but all throughout the Western Division, to our hospitals in Ba, Lautoka, Sigatoka and Nadi

“All Fijian babies born on or after June 3 of this year at any of these hospitals in the West can now register via the app, and we’re not stopping here.

“Come July 5, these new-age services will be extended to Savusavu, Labasa, and Taveuni, and by August 9 our reach will extend to Rakiraki and Nausori.”

Mr Bainimarama said with the new app, mothers would no longer wait for days and weeks for their child’s birth registration.

“With today’s extension of the Birth Registration App, we’ve done away with some of the stress faced by you and other new parents of newborns who are living in the West, making the days and weeks following the birth of a child less of a hassle by bringing the birth registration process online,” he said.

“Starting tomorrow

(today)

June 14, you will have the ability to use your new digitalFIJI profiles in yet another way as a new e-payment platform to pay for Government services online, using your visa debit or credit cards or M-PAiSA accounts, instead of queuing up at the cashier.” Mr Bainimarama has encouraged all Fijians to visit the digitalFIJI website. Meanwhile, mother-of-three Adi Vika Naruma said she was excited about the new app and acknowledged Government for its efforts in moving the country forward.

Photo: Nicolette Chambers Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama with parents and their children during the rollout of the birth registration app for mothers in the Western Division on June 13, 2019.