The ongoing Ghana Card registration exercise being undertaken by the National Identification Authority (NIA) will end up destabilising Ghana because it will not capture most Ghanaians, Mr Peter Boamah Otokunor, a Deputy General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said.
He said at a press conference at the NDC’s headquarters in Accra on Wednesday, 8 May 2019 that the party is opposed to the exercise due to the exclusion of the use of the voter ID card as one of the primary documents for identification.
He explained that most Ghanaians do not have access to the documents being demanded – passport, birth certificate, drivers’ licence – as pre-requisites for the registration, hence, a lot of people will end up not getting registered.
Mr Otokunor said: “The exercise will not promote the stability of the state as it will only seek to make some Ghanaians become more Ghanaian than others, which will be in direct contravention of the 1992 Constitution.
“We have particularly raised strong concerns about the exclusion of the voter ID card as a primary identification material for the registration.
“This, we believe will invariably disable and deny millions of Ghanaians the opportunity to register and acquire a Ghana card.
“The NDC remains completely opposed to this obnoxious tactic of non-inclusion of the voter ID card as a primary identification document for the registration”, Mr Otokunor stressed.
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YOU ARE A F00000L
Why do Ghanaian journalists waste their time on every issue coming from empty headed politicians. Does this call for press conference.
NDC Nation Wreckers. They see nothing good because this makes it harder for them to bus foreigner to vote for them. They are dazed by the numerous good ideas of the NPP. They can't think of alternatives. so they'll only criticise.
NDC, are you not tired of repeating yourself. You are no more in power so keep opposing everything whiles the NPP will continue governing. This is no news, the usual noise making
I suggest that you discourage your members from registering so that in 2020 it will be only non-NDC members voting in elections. Yes I think this is a good option for them to explore
HOW CAN THIS CAUSED INSTABILITY? ITS YOUR WISH THAT THIS NATION BURNS, WHY?
Why does this guy like to talk anyhow what about the NIA registration that will cause destability
Are there real humans in ndc at all??
Oh NDC because it won't allow you to stea1 look at what you're saying Ghana is doomed if you come back to power