The Minority in Parliament have moved against plans by the Electoral Commission (EC) to utilize the Ghana Card for the gathering of the 2024 Voters Register.
As indicated by them, such a move will disappoint a great deal of Ghanaians since numerous residents are yet to accept their Ghana Cards.
Talking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram Constituency, Sam George contended that at this point, scores of Ghanaians have not accepted their Ghana Cards, in spite of having enlisted for same.
In his accommodation, the administrator said given the circumstance, it will be unreasonable for the Electoral Commission to utilize the Ghana Card as the source report for the aggregation of the 2024 Voters Register. The administrator subsequently approached Parliament to call every one of the pertinent partners who plan to involve the Card for different purposes that might influence Ghanaians who are yet to accept theirs.
"The Ministry of Communication has given a cutoff time of 30th of this current month, that [from the] first of July, they will deactivate SIM Cards.
The Bank of Ghana says that your cash that is in your record that you paid in, from the first of July, you can't get to it without a Ghana Card. Furthermore, they're all [making] references to an official instrument from this House, LI 2111.
Indeed, even the Electoral Commission is planning to present to us a CI that is to make another Voters Register utilizing the Ghana Card. In any case, larger part of our constituents have enlisted starting around 2018. The National Identification Authority (NIA) can't give them their Ghana Cards", he expressed. Sam George proceeded: "All in all, as delegates of the Ghanaian public, what is this House going to do among now and the 30th of this current month to guarantee that our constituents who have enlisted for the Ghana Card get the Ghana Card so that they're not disappointed?"
He in this way recommended that Parliament ought to remain the hands of those organizations who wish to utilize the Ghana Card, so the people who don't have it are not placed in danger. What plans do we have, to have the Interior Minister who directs the NIA, the Communications Minister who administers the NCA, and the Finance Minister who has some oversight over the Bank of Ghana, to show up before us to manage these issues of course of events", he added.
Adding his voice to the worries raised by Sam George, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, said to utilize the Ghana Card for the assemblage of the 2024 Voters Registration, then the EC should guarantee that all residents have the Card.
Adding that it is a 'popularity based basic' for all residents to have the Ghana Card before it tends to be utilized to order another Voters Register.
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