Governance Analyst Issaka Amon-Kotei, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to reconsider the decision to use only the Ghana Card for voter registration.
Speaking on Ahotor 92.3 Fm’s morning show ‘Ade Kyi Mu Nsem‘, he said if the Ghana Card is going to be the sole identity then we have to ensure it is for all citizens and until that is done a number of people are going to be disenfranchised.
Mr. Kotei said that is not how the nation’s democracy was all about because already, there were people who were not represented in Parliament and everybody was going about their business as if it was okay
Mr. Kotei said the decision to use the Ghana Card to vote is not a bad idea but as the National Identification Authority (NIA) says they don’t have money, the old register should be used instead.
This comes on the back of Parliament asking officials of the Commission and the National Identification Authority (NIA) over the absence of Mrs Mensa after officials of the EC and the NIA had been summoned to brief Members of Parliament (MPs) on a new Constitutional Instrument (CI) seeking to make the Ghana Card the only proof of nationality for voter registration.
The CI is also seeking to scrap the guarantor system and limit continuous registration to district offices of the EC.
Listen to Issaka Amon Kotei below:
Commenting on the 2023 Nigerian General Election, Issaka Amon Kotei said nothing serious is happening in the Nigerian elections and therefore Ghanaians can’t learn anything from it.
He urged Ghanaians to focus on the upcoming elections and not concentrate on the Nigerian elections because nothing serious is happening there.
Story by: Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh / Ahotoronline.com
