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Former President  Jerry John Rawlings has clarified that his decision to register for the Ghana Card, is not a call on members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to disregard the position taken by the party and the Minority in Parliament on the National Identification Authority’s (NIA) registration process.

The former President in a statement described such claims as “spurious”

His statement comes barely a day after Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George suggested that the former President might have been misled to register for the Ghana card.

Below is the statement from the former President 

RAWLINGS URGES STAKEHOLDERS TO RE-EXAMINE NATIONAL I.D. CARD CONCERNS

The attention of the office of His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings has been drawn to publications in sections of the media and on social media platforms insinuating that his decision to register for the National Identity card was a call to members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to disregard the position taken by the party and the minority in Parliament.

The office wishes to state that it is spurious to suggest that former President Rawlings made a call against the minority or the party.

The principle of Ghana having a valid Identity Card System is what the former President is committed to and he respects positions taken to ensure that the process is transparent and easily accessible to all.

The former President urges all stakeholders, especially the National Identification Authority and both the Minority and Majority caucuses in Parliament to deliberate dispassionately on the concerns, many of which are legitimate, in a bid to bring sanity into our democratic process and ensure that all eligible Ghanaians benefit from the process.

Signed:

Kobina Andoh Amoakwa

(Communications Directorate)