Prof. Gyampo Makes Interesting Points On Supreme Court Ruling On Birth Certificates
Professor Ransford Gyampo is seeking clarification on the validity of the Ghana Cards and Passports that were procured, using birth certificates as a means of citizenry identification.
According to him, anyone can procure a birth certificate, and the fact that it lacks biometric features makes the document less authentic in serving as a means of identification.
This follows the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring that a birth certificate cannot be used as a form of identification to establish the identity of the bearer.
The court believed that a birth certificate does not link the holder of the information on the certificate hence it cannot be used as a form of identification which qualifies a person to be registered on to Ghana’s Voters’ Register.
However, Prof. Gyampo on his Facebook page stated that: "Anyone can procure a birth certificate and the fact that it lacks biometric features, makes the document less authentic in serving as a means of identification. Also, the information it contains may not necessarily be traceable to the holder of the certificate. Again, the fact that the Births and Death Registry isn’t an autonomous agency, but operate in the shadows of the district assemblies, makes its processes quite politicized and manipulable," portion of his statement read.
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The SC ruling was largely as a result of the flaws of birth certificate as a form of identification.
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