Supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashaiman Constituency of the Greater Accra Region have threatened to take the law into their hands and assault officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) if they reject voter’s ID card for registration.
According to known party members, it is inappropriate for NIA to use only passport, birth certificate and affidavits for registration hence they will disrupt the exercise by destroying machines and other equipment of the Authority.
Led by the Constituency Chairman of the NDC in Ashaiman, Shaddad Umar Jallo, who addressed a news conference last Thursday, he stressed that he and his supporters will oppose any move by the NIA to extend the registration of the Ghana card to Ashaiman.
He stated that they will destroy equipment meant for the exercise if the NIA fails to include voter’s ID card as one of the documents needed to register for the Ghana card.
According to him, NIA’s basis for accepting only birth certificate and passport for the registration and issuance of instant cards to establish citizenship will marginalize constituents therefore their intended action.
“My problem about that card issue is that they said anybody who wants to do the National Identification should have either passport or birth cert. That one I don’t understand because how many people have passport and how many people get birth cert in Ghana here?
“Means say the NPP government they want to tie people their hand in their back so that they cannot get access to the card that is why they are bringing those things. In Ashaiman here, I said I will not allow that to happen in Ashaiman here, if they joke and they bring the Ashaiman here, we are going to chase them in Ashaiman here and if they like they should bring the police and soldiers to Ashaiman. We are not going to allow those things to happen in Ashaiman here.
“We have our men on the ground and if they come and refuse to accept voter’s ID card we are going to attack them and spoil their machines,” he stated.
According to him, most people in Ashaiman are poor and cannot afford the payment for the affidavits hence they should allow them to register also with voter’s ID card.
The chairman flanked by some party members who have also seconded the unlawful action their leader intended to embark on stated that “We no go agree make the machines work like our Chairman has said. If they will accept voter’s ID card fine, they can come but if they will not accept that one, there are so many ways for us to attack them or to face them squarely by spoiling their machines.”
Source: Daily Guide
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Am surprised a party like ndc is being supported by some intellectuals in GH but full of myopic minds. What was the mode of registering Ghanaians unto the voter register? Was not the same birth cert and affidavits?? The supreme court has ruled that our voter's ID card can't qualify as a national card cux of its flaws in acquiring it so why must the ndc now behave as if they didn't see this when they were passing the law? Dr. Bawumia has been vindicated that the ndc party doesn't like to read ooo
The military should be given an order right now to Shoot & Kill anyone born of a dog who tries to disturb this registration process!! Where is the interior minister...??? Order your Men right now to fire this foreigner..Jallo. We will burry him like a dog..he is not a Ghanaian but a Nigerian. What the hell are we waiting for..
I WONDER SUCH A STATEMENT HAS BEEN MADE AND THIS GUY IS WALKING FREE ON THE LAND OF GHANA.HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY NOW. WHAT IS GHANA SECURITY AGENCIES DOING? CANT THEY GO FOR THIS SO CALL JALLO BOY IN ASHAIMAN AND PUT HIM BEFORE THE COURT FOR CAUSING FEAR AND PANIC? DO THIS SECURITY MEN WAIT FOR HIM TO ACT BEFORE THEY ARREST HIM?HE IS BOLD ENOUGH TO MENTION HIS NAME AND TELL THE WHOLE WORLD WHERE HE CAN BE FOUND A STICH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Beat?
OH Africa😥😥! It's only in Africa that interllectuals will leave politics for empty headed individuals like this so called politician to make this sad and myopic statement... Milky minded chairman😥😥😥
You beat them you end up in jail that's all! Ghana can never tolerate thuggery in our country somebody tell Umar Jallo, his name sound Nigerien! the immigration must also be attached to the NIA anyone unable to identify his/her third generation in Ghana must leave. No nons*nse is going to be tolerated, the army and armed police must accompany the NIA officers to pump sense into the heads of miscreants who think winning power is to obstruct and show thuggery in government programs we will show them the country doesn't belong to the ndc but Ghanaians. Umar Jallo, send you thugs to the NIA station with your voters ID and you will meet people who are ready to die for Ghana! aboaba like you! ***barred word*** ! if you can't take this government and the exercise go to Togo or Burkina Faso, but if you try any st*pid thing in our country you will know Ghana is not ECOWAS country but just member we can opt out. Mo nkwas*asem no ! No true and authentic Ghanaian will have that evil mind to disrrupt something good for the nation and ndc has no right to decide what the government has to do. Sh*thole ndc !
Talk is cheap
u are stuppppid people foool illiterate country, go and beat them and see, iddddoits, gh pp
This Shaddad Umar Jallo man should be a joker. Let him go to Koku Anyidoho for a brotherly advice