The Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission in charge of Corporate Services says his outfit is determined to see to the passage of the Constitutional Instrument (CI) that seeks to make the Ghana Card the sole document for voter registration.
According to Dr. Bossman Asare, the CI will improve on the verification system for voters.
He explained that Ghana has since the inception of the 1992 Constitution used the old process, but it is time to change.
I don’t know if you know of any country where, let’s say in Togo, in Burkina Faso, in Britain where two British nationalities must vouch for somebody.
“It does not happen. This has been unique to Ghana and we think that we began this in 1992. We have come very far and we have made progress,” he said.
Responding to questions in a yet-to-be-aired interview on JoyNews’ Upfront on what will make EC back down on making the Ghana Card the only viable card for voting, he confidently said “unless there is force majeure.”
“So far the is no evidence to suggest that we are not going to continue with what we are doing, but to say we backing down, unless there is what the lawyers call, force majeure,” he told host, Raymond Acquah.
The Deputy EC Chairman said, “assuming the NIA stops its operations, then it means we cannot continue to rely on it or government has decided that NIA is no longer necessary. But as long as the NIA is functioning and they are issuing the cards and they have opened their doors that people should come and register, we must just encourage.”
Dr Asare called for collaborative efforts to improve upon the education of the populace.
“I believe those of you in the media should be encouraging people to register, because that is the best practice in every part of the world.
