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After six decades of independence, there’s no comprehensive data system that Ghana as a country can boast of. There have, however, been some attempts by the previous governments to compile a comprehensive data that will seek to bring all ID systems into one pool.
But the question has always been how credible that system might be, looking at the fact that most documents have been acquired by non-citizens.
The National Identification Authority (NIA), the body mandated to compile the data, has specified documents required in order to be registered and be issued with the GhanaCard. It has singled out the Ghanaian passport and birth certificates as the only official documents required from Ghanaians as a proof of citizenship.
The Minority in Parliament has registered its opposition to the exclusion of the Voters ID from the documents required for proof of citizenship.
The group has said that its opposition is due to the fact that majority of Ghanaians do not have the two documents required by the NIA and thus would affect the registration process as many people cannot be captured into the system through no fault of theirs.
However, the NIA has claimed that people who have registered can guarantee for others.
A would-be registrant who has none of the two documents would need one person to guarantee for him or her.
The exercise would cost $1.22 billion over a period of 15 years with first-year incurring about $268 million according to the NIA Executive Secretary.
The exercise is, however, underway in the Greater Accra Region and is expected to replicate in other regions soon.
