Former Head of Monitoring Unit at Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu, has slammed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Afari Gyan, over their position on the use of Ghana Card for 2024 elections.
The Electoral Commission has indicated that it will be using the Ghana Card for the next elections.
This is aimed at eliminating electoral irregularities.
But the NDC Minority in Parliament have dissented to the EC decision, arguing that such move will disenfranchise a lot of Ghanaians since many citizens are yet to receive their Ghana Cards.
“The Ministry of Communication has issued a deadline of 30th of this month, that [from the] first of July, they’re going to deactivate SIM Cards.
The Bank of Ghana says that your money that is in your account that you paid in, from the 1st of July, you cannot access it without a Ghana Card. And they’re all [making] references to a legislative instrument from this House, LI 2111.
Even the Electoral Commission is preparing to bring us a CI that is to create a new Voters Register using the Ghana Card. But majority of our constituents have registered since 2018. The National Identification Authority (NIA) is unable to provide them their Ghana Cards”, NDC Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, stated on the floor of Parliament.
Dr. Afari Gyan, on his part, also says, “Ghanaian citizens don’t lose their citizenship if they are 18 years or older but do not have the Ghana Card. So, the moot question is: why make the Ghana Card the only means of identification for purposes of establishing eligibility to register to vote".
But to Charles Owusu, it is rather a moot point for any person to think using the Ghana Card will deprive voters of their voting right.
He argued that those who haven't acquired their cards have a 2-year period to register and get it.
To him, the focus should not be on the EC's plans for Ghana Card to be used as voter's ID but rather people should be encouraged to register for the card.
"Are we voting tomorrow?. . . what's the crime in the EC saying they will use the Ghana Card?", he exclaimed.
He called on the NDC to hold a "press conference and tell the people to go and register".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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If NDC cannot take over 12 months to get their supporters and sympathizers to obtain Ghana Card for 2024 Election then they have no locus in Ghana politics Their complaints only reveal them as a lazy political party incompetent to accomplish any progress.
PLEASE DO NOT COMPARE UK ***barred word*** TO THIS EXPENSIVE CARD FOUND ONLY IN ESTONIA, DENMARK. NO WONDER TERRORIST ARE ABLE TO COME TO UK AND HARM THE PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE THIS GHANA CARD SIM-REREGISTRATION THESE INFILTERATORS WILL NOT HAPPEN. WHO CARE IF THAT IS DONE IN UK THAT IS TERRORIST ARE ABLE TO INFRITERATE IN UK SOCIENTY AND CAUSES A LOT OF HARM. STOP LISTERNING TO NDC IGNORAN T, ARROGAN T, USELES SSSSS, UNRUL LY SIC K PEOPLE, A DYING PARTY. NDC WANT TO KEEP GHANA UNDER DEVELOPED. NO MORE EXTENSION NO MORE EXTENSION. SIM REGISTRATION BECAUSE OF TERRORIST THAT IS WHY GHANAIANS SHOULDN'T LISTERN TO NDC IGNORANC E, ARROGAN T UNRU LLY MENTALITY FOR REGISTERING THEIR SIM PLUS BIO DATA BECAUSE IS THE PHONES TERRORIST USE TO BOOMB THEIR VICTIMS SO THAT INFOMATION IS VITAL IF TERRORISTS CELLS ARE BEING FORMED THE WAY OF DOING SUCH SEARCH IS BY SIM, TO PHONES WAYS. WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW PASSPORT, DRIVERS LICENSE, VOTERS ID TO BE USE TO REGISTER SIM IN GHANA EXCEPT GHANA CARD AS GHANAIANS OVERSEAS VISIT GHANA THEY WILL DO THEIR GHANA CARD AS MY BROTHERS AND FRIENDS WHO CAME RECENTLY HAVE DONE. SO USLER STICK TO THE DEALINE FOR JULY 31, 2022 BUT ONCE YOUR PHONE IS SHUTDOWN REACTIVATE IT ONCE YO RECEIVE YOUR CARD JUST AS ANYONE REACTIVATING NEW PHONE EXCEPT THAT THE OLD PHONES HAVE THEIR INFORMMATION AND SIM ON THE TELECOMS DATABASE BUT HAS NO BIODATA INFOATION ATTACHED.
The answer is just simple. Those who cannot get the Ghana card in two years will still not get it in 1000 years because they are not Ghanaians. They only want to vote as they always do. The NDC as a party is aware that’s why they want EC to add another proof so that they will take advantage of that to bus those people to come and vote.