The National Identification Authority (NIA) has been urged by the Electoral Commission (EC) to speed up the printing of Ghana cards so that individuals may easily obtain them, as they will soon be the only form of ID accepted for voter registration.
This comes after the EC said that it would no longer use the guarantor system and would instead compile a voter list for the general election of 2024 using the Ghana Card.
Last Thursday, the chair of the EC, Jean Mensa, said the commission was aware that the NIA faced some difficulties in issuing and distributing Ghana cards to Ghanaians, but that these obstacles might be overcome. Mensa was speaking at the ‘Let the Citizens Know’ series in Accra.
“We have engaged the NIA and it has assured us that the cards will be issued to Ghanaians to help them register.
“More to the point, we have two clear years to the 2024 elections and so people will not be disenfranchised when we use only the Ghana Card for registration.
“We thus call on the NIA to make the process of acquiring the cards easier and more efficient to ensure that all eligible voters are able to get their cards and be able to register,” she said.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Joseph Asare
