Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam Nartey George, says over 90% of residents in his constituency are yet to be issued their Ghana Cards after registering in February, this year.
He described the situation as worrying, adding that the ‘affected’ residents may end up not registering their SIM cards due to government’s handling of the exercise.
Mr Nartey George blamed the development on the lack of personnel at the Prampram office of the National Identification Authority (NIA).
I am saying that since February of this year, about 90% of the people who registered in the NIA office in Prampram have not had their cards.
“We have raised this issue, summoned the NIA to Parliament a number of times and NIA said it had manpower challenges.
“The NIA boss made it clear to me that for the Prampram office, for example, he should have 22 people working in that office [but] you have only four people working in that office.
“Even the way they are structured, they would eventually produce the cards but they cannot deal with the timeline that the NCA has set, and so you cannot entirely blame the NIA as well,” he said.
His comments follow some punitive measures the National Communications Authority (NCA) has rolled out against mobile users who have not yet registered their SIM cards.
Story by: Kwaku Sampson / Ahotoronline.com.
