Don’t hand your voters ID card to anyone - NPP advises electorate
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advised the electorate to not hand their Voters ID cards in for any kind of promised services.
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“In the absence of any tangible explanation, the NPP urges voters to refuse any request from any quarters to submit their voter ID cards,” it said.
A statement signed by its Communications Director, Nana Akomea, said the party had received reports that a number of Ghanaians were being asked to present their Voters ID cards in return for all kinds of promised services.
It said the reports indicated that those being asked to produce their voters cards included unpaid nurses in the Ashanti Region who were being asked to produce their cards to facilitate the payment of their salaries.
Fertiliser and store allocation
It said farmers in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western regions were also being requested to submit their voters ID cards before they could be registered for fertiliser allocation, while market women had been promised loans but on condition that they should first submit their voter ID cards.
The statement said the reports also indicated that voters in Cape Coast were being asked to submit their cards for safe- keeping in order to secure their re-registration.
“In many cases, especially in Accra, reports indicate that people are offered GH¢50 in return for their ID cards.
In all these reported instances, information on the Voters ID cards is copied or the cards are not returned at all,” it said.
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Public service
It said the NPP was at a loss as to why voters ID cards of innocent Ghanaians were demanded before a public service could be rendered to them.
It said in many of those reports, it was stated that a temporary makeshift office was erected under a tree for the purpose of receiving the ID cards.
It, therefore, advised voters that they might be disenfranchised or lose the right to vote if they gave out their ID cards.