The Vice President's comparison of the Ghana Card to infrastructure projects has been justified by the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA).
The influence of the Ghana Card, according to Prof. Ken Attafuah, cannot be measured. Speaking on Citi FM in Accra on Thursday, July 21, he said that the Card is assisting in streamlining most governmental operations.
"I believe there is some miscommunication. The Ghana Card has received little attention.
The impact the Ghana Card will have on our civility, he said, "cannot even be put into words." Prof. Ken Attafuah listed a few advantages the Ghana Card offers to the nation.
"We won't ever have to wait in line to register for anything until we have roughly 2 million individuals on the system by that point. If the EC's proposals, as outlined by the Minority, come to pass, we will just need your Ghana Card to register you continuously. There won't be any disputes regarding age or citizenship.
"SSNIT will have improved cleanliness. Payments from pensions will be cleaned up. Identity disputes will no longer be a problem, he said.
The Ghana Card, also known as the national identity card, is more advantageous than the various interchanges built around the nation, according to the Chairman of the Economic Management Team, who was speaking at the Accra Business School on Thursday.
Since we developed a national identification system, 16 million Ghanaians now have unique IDs, which is a significant improvement. Additionally, a lot of individuals don't always understand the Ghana Card's significance.
But if you offered me a Ghana Card in addition to 1,000 interchanges, he said, "I would pick the Ghana Card since it has a greater impact."
Ghanaians' reactions to this ranged widely.
For instance, Felix Kwakye Owusu, a representative for former President Mahama, criticised the Vice President for equating Ghana Cards with highways.
He calls the Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia connection "abject rubbish."
On Friday, July 15, he wrote on Facebook that, despite the fact that many different elements affect a nation's growth, the Vice President's decision to prioritise the Ghana Card above road interchanges was unacceptable.
He called this "cheap propaganda" from Ghana's vice president.
"Bawumia's analogy of Ghana Cards to highways (interchanges) is complete rubbish, and nobody should belittle Ghanaians by implying that we do not comprehend what he stated.
He goes overboard with stupid sloganeering and cheap advertising and ends up watering down the significance of even valid arguments that would otherwise win him praise, according to Mr. Kwakye Ofosu's letter.