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NPP Stalwart, Nana Fredua has thrown his weight behind the Electoral Commission on\u00a0its decision to use the Ghana Card for the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n
According to Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, the Commission wants to make the Ghana Card the sole means for identification in registering new voters and for voting during the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Electoral Commission, we cannot sit there. That\u2019s why we are always adjusting our systems, first we were not using biometric, now we\u2019re using biometric. We want to do anything to remove chaos about registration,\u201d<\/em> he made these comments on JoyNews\u2019 Newsfile.\u00a0<\/p>\n But there are opposing views that the EC decision will disenfranchise some Ghana electorates and these views are premised on the fact that not all Ghanaians have acquired their Ghana Card.<\/p>\n Responding to the issues during\u00a0Peace FM’s<\/strong> panel discussion programme “Kokrokoo”, Nana Fredua deflated this argument.<\/p>\n According to him, making the Ghana Card the sole ID for the elections won’t deprive any voter of his or her voting rights.<\/p>\n He argued that those who haven’t received their card have from now till 2024 to register and get it, so\u00a0no one will be disenfranchised.<\/p>\n “We say go and do your Ghana Card, just go and do it . . . you have a lot of opportunities between now and 2024 . . . but we won’t force you if you say you don’t want . . . it’s your responsibility. We owe you no apology when it is your responsibility.”<\/em><\/p>\n He advised Ghanaians not to fall for the NDC propaganda and myth about the Ghana Card, saying “they have done theirs already”.<\/em><\/p>\n