Resist Any Attempt by Any Security Personnel for your Ghana Card Mahama Charges Residents of Aflao

Former President and the flagbearer of the largest opposition party, John Dramani Mahama, has cautioned residents along the Aflao border in the Volta region not to be swayed into giving out their Ghana card to any security personnel.

During his tour of the Volta region as part of his campaign exercise, former President John Mahama emphasised that under no circumstance should any resident in Aflao nor any part of the Volta region give out their Ghana card, especially when it is a prerequisite for voting in the upcoming December 7 elections.

His clarion admonishing came when reports flooded the region that some security personnel believed to be from the Immigration Service are heckling residents in the border town to give out their Ghana cards.

However, John Mahama urged residents to resist any attempts by security personnel to confiscate their Ghana Cards.

Mr. Mahama said, “Nobody has a right to collect your Ghana card. Nobody, not immigration, not police, nobody. And so don’t surrender your Ghana card to anybody."

“It is the National Identification Authority that has the right to withdraw your card. Once it has been issued, if somebody thinks you are not a citizen, he has to go to the National Identification Authority and get a certificate of withdrawal of your card before he can come and take your card from you."

“You cannot meet a person on the street and know whether he is Ghanaian or any other thing by his face.”

Kobina Darlington/