Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has made a U-turn and gone to register for the Ghana Card.
His wife, Lordina, has also been issued with the card.
The Mahamas were enrolled on the National Identity Register last Tuesday as other members of the ex-president’s household and office staff members also registered and were issued with the Ghana Card at his East Cantonments office.
His opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had initially had issues with the Ghana Card and urged its members not to register for it.
In a press statement signed by NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, in July 2018, the opposition party pointed out that its Functional Executive Committee (FEC) took a decision not to participate in the ongoing Ghana Card registration exercise until the party’s demand was met. The party demanded that the voter’s ID card be included as one of the primary requirements for registration.
“The likelihood that the Ghana Card would be used as the major document for the compilation of a new voter register makes it all the more compelling for the inclusion of the current voter’s ID card as a requirement for the ongoing Ghana Card registration exercise since its coverage is more extensive and its validity more genuine,” the NDC had argued.
“Party faithful throughout the country are, therefore, enjoined to boycott the Ghana Card registration exercise until the authorities yield to our demand and include the voter’s ID card as requirement,” it ordered, and said “all party executives at all levels of the party are to ensure that FEC’s directive spreads like wildfire throughout the country.”
The NDC then made a U-turn in 2019 and directed its members to “fully participate” in the ongoing Ghana Card registration even though their demands were not met by the NIA.
Mahama Sermon
Mr. Mahama seized the opportunity during the registration exercise to emphasise the importance of the Ghana Card to the development of the nation.
He described the registration exercise as a non-partisan process in which all Ghanaians must readily participate.
The Executive Secretary of the NIA, Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, who is the Chief Registration Officer, led a team of registration officials and some executives to undertake the exercise.
Prof. Attafuah, a criminologist, expressed appreciation to the ex-president for the warm reception accorded him and the team, and used the occasion to touch on the functionalities of the Ghana Card.
He said the card is imbued with a modern, smart, dual interface multi-purpose biometric ID card with solid security features, as well as the various mandatory uses of the card.
The NIA has previously extended the same courtesy to other former presidents of the nation, namely Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings and Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor.
Source: Daily Guide
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MY CANADIAN CATHOLIC PRIEST PHYSICS TEACHER BACK IN MY SECONDARY SCHOOL DAYS USED TO SAY THAT ONLY ***barred word****S DON'T CHANGE THEIR MINDS. JUST AS THE NPP OPPOSED THE INTRODUCTION OF VAT UNDER THE THEN NDC GOVERNMENT UNDER PRESIDENT JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS AND WENT ON VOILNT DEMONSTATIONS LED BY NANA ADDO DANQUAH AKUFO ADDO TO STOP ITS (VAT) IMPLEMENTATION BUT MADE A BIG U-TURN UNDER PRESIDENT KUFFOUR AND EVEN WENT AHEAD TO INCREASE THE VAT RATE, IT IS EQUALLY NOT OUT OF PLACE FOR YOU JDM (JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA) TO MAKE A SMALL U-TURN TO ACCEPT A POLICY BY THE RULING NPP GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN YOUR GOVERNMENT AFTER YOU HAD OPPOSED IT INITIALLY. YOU HAVE REALISED THAT THE BENEFITS OF THE GHANA CARD TO THE STATE AND GHANAIANS COULD BE MORE THAN ITS DEMERITS TO GHANAIANS AND THAT HAS LED TO YOU MAKING A SMALL U-TURN TO GO AND REGISTER FOR IT. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL MATURITY IN MAKING POLITICAL DECISIONS OR JUDGEMENTS AND NOT JUST FOR YOUR PERSONAL INTEREST. BRAVO JDM! I SALUTE YOU!
Cowards die many times before their death. Maqhama and his NDC people are all cowards and not fit to rule this country again. I told some NDC friends that, they should use their heads and go and register for this card. Because their leaders will confuse them and go behind the scenes to register themselves and their families for the card. And they will be left in limbo when the card becomes operational. This is exactly what is happening now. And the same thing will happen to Ofosu-Ampofo when he is brought before the law. All those who told him not to report to the police will abandon him at the last hour. Just wait and see.
unprincipled buffoooons indecisive beings wanting to be given the leadership of this country again tweaaaaa
Are you surprised about this Mahama guy? Why? Haven't you read his book? INCOMPETENT in even decision making! Chai!!!!!!! Give him 23% in 2020 elections for him to go and rest!
NDC eating back their own vomit