News:
July 13, 2018
Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has said President Nana Akufo-Addo led government can’t redefine who a Ghanaian citizen is as the Minority would resist any attempts at doing that.
According to the Minority Leader, the President should rather take steps to respond to technical legal issues and the huge figure of one point two billion United States dollars cost of producing the Ghana Card.
“Where in the world has this happened, a government which says sole sourcing is not possible, this is the single sole sourcing turnkey project in the history of Ghana, it was not competitive and it was not open”, he said.
He further pointed out that, the current government is double standard, “same government says requirement for Ghana Card is birth certificate and passport at the same time denying Ghanaian citizens legitimate opportunity to get birth certificates”, he lamented.
His remark comes at the back drop of the Volta Caucus, raising issues with the transfer of two persons in charge of birth and death in the Volta Region, Mr. Richard Womega and Miss Peace Agbenyo.
Mr. Haruna passed through the Volta Caucus press conference to show solidarity when they raised issues with the unfair and strange transfers at the birth and death registry in the Volta Region.
“The President is in the Volta Region, they are citizens of Ghana, this is why he is there, I encourage him to encourage people to register as free citizens of Ghana”, he said.
Again the media should be interested in this, “was it not the same voters ID card which produced Nana Akufo-Addo as President of the Republic, are we then questioning the credibility of his Presidency?”
He further back his point by quoting Article 42 of the 1992 Republican constitution, “Every citizen of Ghana of eighteen years of age or above and of sound mind has the right to vote and is entitled to be registered as a voter for the purpose of public elections and referenda”.
“President Nana Akufo-Addo should respond to the questions on the process of acquiring the Ghana Card, cost and technical legal questions and stop chastising the Minority”, he said.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com