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Member of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] communication team, Fred Agbenyo has stated that reporting to the Assembly man of every area when one misplaces his Ghana Card will be an effective way of getting a new one than reporting to the police station.

He is of the view that reporting misplaced cards to the police station will not yield results, because already there is pressure at our various police stations.

He added that most Ghanaians do not even like the idea of going to the police station, not to talk of reporting a misplaced card.

“ . . I believe reporting misplaced Ghana Cards to Assembly men in our communities will make it easier in getting a new one that reporting it to the police station which is already piled up with duties,” he said on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ panel discussion segment.

Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof Ken Attafuah, on Tuesday, in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi, urged Ghanaians to report to the police station anytime they lose their Ghana card.

"If you lose your card, report to the police, indicate how it got missing and then you will be given a police extract which will then be taken to the NIA. They (NIA) will then conduct an investigation and after being satisfied, they will go ahead to issue a new card for you at a fee . . ." he indicated.

But the NDC Communicator seems not in agreement with that proposition. To him, most of the country's "remote communities do not even have easy access to police stations as they are far away from where they reside".