The Chief Executive Officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has bemoaned various irregularities that have marred the Ghana card registration exercise in some parts of the Greater Accra Region.
Some Ghanaians who took part in the registration complained of long queues, fraud, and other irregularities.
A few people were even arrested for registering non-Ghanaians.
Speaking to this in a one-on-one interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi, Tuesday, Prof Ken Attafuah expressed sadness over the issue and urged Ghanaians to help NIA in dealing with officials who would want to tarnish the image of the authority.
"These personnel were trained on patriotism, nationalism; the last thing I wanted to see was the indignity of Ghanaians suffering in long queues…it’s very sad," he stated.
He recounted how he met an official who said the ‘no-forms’ excuse was to reduce the number of people in the queue.
“I was very upset . . . why was she misleading Ghanaians and bringing the name of the authority in disrepute? . . . then people will be criticizing us saying we cannot organize a simple exercise, but that’s not the case,” he lamented.
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CORRECTION: YOU CANNNOT TELL WHETHER THOSE BEING LED INTO THAT ROOM ARE GHANAIANS OR NOT.
I GOT TO THE SSNIT OFFICE AT KORLE BU AT ABOUT 8.40 AM WITH A FRIEND TO REGISTER. SOME PEOPLE CAME AFTER 2.00 PM AND WERE GIVEN PROTOCOL SERVICES AND THEY LEFT BEFORE SOME OF PEOPLE WHO GOT THERE ABOUT 7.00AM. MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO GOT TO THE SCENE AROUND 7.00AM LEFT AFTER 6.30PM. A SPECIAL ROOM HAS BEEN CREATED OR SETUP INSIDE ONE OF THE ROOMS IN THE SSNIT OFFICE AND PEOPLE ARE BEING USHERED IN THERE SECRETLY BY A MAN THEY CALL JOEL WHO THEY SAY IS THEIR LEADER TO BE REGISTERED. EVERYTHING THERE IS JUST UNFAIR. YOU CAN TELL WETHER THOSE BEING LED INTO THAT ROOM ARE GHANAIANS OR NOT. THE WHOLE IDEA OF REGISTREING ONLY GHANAIANS SEEM TO BE FIASCO.
THIS ATTAFUAH GUY IS A TOTAL FAILURE. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD REPLACE HIM ASAP
Ghanaians are complaining bitterly about the processes of the Ghana Card registration. It is crass incompetence to ask Ghanaians to just report your indisciplined staff. Meanwhile, you have done nothing by way of sanctioning those who have misconducted themselves. You are telling Ghanaians that the best you can do is to cry over your corrupt officials and leave matters to rest. What an example of shameful leadership!
Are there no disciplinary rules in your organisation to deal with erring staff? You're all corrupt, that's why you can't deal with those who break the rules. Spineless leaders