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July 14, 2024
The first deputy Minority whip, Ahmed Ibrahim has urged leadership of Parliament to ensure that the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Identification Authority (NIA) are invited to brief the Committee of the whole on their activities in recent times.
According to him this would help the House to be on the same page with the two institutions as there have been complains of their activities in recent times by Ghanaians.
He further indicated to the House that, the National Peace Council has gone ahead to have a meeting with the EC and they have proposed that in 2028 Ghana card should be the sole mandatory document without listening to parliament.
Again, as representatives of their constituents they need to be listened to as solution is found to the problem of making the Ghana card the sole document to qualify one for getting a Ghanaian voters ID.
Again, the EC has complained about the struggles they have to go through before they get funds to carry out their constitutional required mandate and have been urging Parliament to intervene in this regard, hence his call when the Business Statement for this week was presented to the floor of the House.
Meanwhile, an appeal has been made for the Interior Minister to be brought to the House to brief it on steps to stem the serial killing ongoing in Bole and Wa Central.
Majority chief whip Frank Annoh Dompreh who presented the Business Statement could not agree more with first deputy Minority whip.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com