Thanks for the article unfortunately it amounts to nothing adorfo. U failed to tell readers who is a Ghanaian and by what means can one be a Ghanaian. Do not assume your readers know who is a Ghanaian and therefore failed to ... read full comment
Thanks for the article unfortunately it amounts to nothing adorfo. U failed to tell readers who is a Ghanaian and by what means can one be a Ghanaian. Do not assume your readers know who is a Ghanaian and therefore failed to put it out. In any case Kwojo Afari Gyan only applied what Parliament has approved as a form of identity for voting. Why skew your article on Afari Gyan only? Please do a balanced reporting next time. It
nana addo 7 years ago
Clutching at straws. Please leave Afari Gyan alone. Concentrate on the job ahead.
What happened to your proposed new register
Clutching at straws. Please leave Afari Gyan alone. Concentrate on the job ahead.
What happened to your proposed new register
Nana o Nana 7 years ago
Adofo Rockson I believe the son of a rock. His mind is full of stones and rocks. You don't know how these things work ad try to be a judge over the best known EC chair. You don't know it is parliament that passes these laws t ... read full comment
Adofo Rockson I believe the son of a rock. His mind is full of stones and rocks. You don't know how these things work ad try to be a judge over the best known EC chair. You don't know it is parliament that passes these laws to be used and you chide at Afari Gyan. Your npp parliamentarians were part of the botched nhis usage as id.
MAA 7 years ago
NDCfuo, NDCfuo Onyame betua moka baako,baako. If you don't get it today, you will get it tomorrow and the next and even on your dying bed. Ghana will be built again, Ghana haters will never succeed in their evil intents. Gb ... read full comment
NDCfuo, NDCfuo Onyame betua moka baako,baako. If you don't get it today, you will get it tomorrow and the next and even on your dying bed. Ghana will be built again, Ghana haters will never succeed in their evil intents. Gbevlo Lartey is a Togolese by his name, the name originate from Aneho in Togo. These people from Aneho have the same names as Gas but they are Ayigbe from Togo. Gbevlo Lartey might be riding on the back of his Ghanaian wife but the guy is a Togolese, he has no heart for Ghanaians, he is insensitive to Ghanaians and don't care about Ghanaians so are most people who come here to comment who are from Burkina Faso and Togo but residing in Ghana. Ghanaians from the 3 northern regions and the Volta region who are feeling the heat of this government feel sorry for their country because they have nowhere apart from Ghana and they think of good governance for the people of this country. These foreigners must leave our country to the people of Ghana to decide for their fate.
Amenyaglo 7 years ago
What about those who can get any passersby to only say "I know him/her" and the person gets registered as a voter. Which is worst? We are all confused.
What about those who can get any passersby to only say "I know him/her" and the person gets registered as a voter. Which is worst? We are all confused.
Enoch Kofi 7 years ago
How can someone be given a National passport just because the person has health insurance? Oh Mother Ghana! what our leaders are doing? We trusted them to rule us but they are turning us to be slaves in our own country.Mahama ... read full comment
How can someone be given a National passport just because the person has health insurance? Oh Mother Ghana! what our leaders are doing? We trusted them to rule us but they are turning us to be slaves in our own country.Mahama where are you? why?
Kwasi 7 years ago
What did your NPP do with their 8 years in power? Fools
What did your NPP do with their 8 years in power? Fools
K Mensah 7 years ago
Please Adofo blame the passport office for accepting the NHIS card as proof of citizenship. Ghana is doomed.
Please Adofo blame the passport office for accepting the NHIS card as proof of citizenship. Ghana is doomed.
Eric Moore 7 years ago
Which other means of identifications do Ghanaians have apart from nhis and voters Id card? Birth certificate?. Its about time government create a national identity card that will describe who a Ghanaian truly is.
Which other means of identifications do Ghanaians have apart from nhis and voters Id card? Birth certificate?. Its about time government create a national identity card that will describe who a Ghanaian truly is.
Mama Tula 7 years ago
Rubbish in the highest which needs not to be responded to!!!
Rubbish in the highest which needs not to be responded to!!!
PAUL SOWATEY 7 years ago
Another foolish and useless tribal bigot. Where in that article did the Col said the man in question is a foreigner? Sometimes, some of u Ashantis are pathetic. The last tribe to become part of modern da Ghana but alwas maki ... read full comment
Another foolish and useless tribal bigot. Where in that article did the Col said the man in question is a foreigner? Sometimes, some of u Ashantis are pathetic. The last tribe to become part of modern da Ghana but alwas making monke noise all over. Shut ur big horrible mouth.Tell us who is a Ghanaian, u idiot of a Malian blood.Big fool. Stop this nonsense.
Kofi Saka 7 years ago
We pray for Npp victory and all non Ghanaians will be rooted out in the system. Ghana is for only Ghanaians and not foreigners as well as the so called border tribes.
We pray for Npp victory and all non Ghanaians will be rooted out in the system. Ghana is for only Ghanaians and not foreigners as well as the so called border tribes.
koffi asamoah true patriotic 7 years ago
Ur very stupid my brother dont u know that Ghanaians live in other countries and that every countries need foreigners .am ghanaian living in abroad am ashame of this kind of nonsense . stop it dumb uneducated foolish m ... read full comment
Ur very stupid my brother dont u know that Ghanaians live in other countries and that every countries need foreigners .am ghanaian living in abroad am ashame of this kind of nonsense . stop it dumb uneducated foolish man. Eat ur kenken and
Stay quiet
akwasi Agyei, adenta 7 years ago
It is instructive for Rockson Adofo to know that until the SC ruling on the NHIS card that it isn't a legal proof of Ghanaian citizenship, Parliament passed all the CIs that regulated the conduct of elections in Ghana. It is ... read full comment
It is instructive for Rockson Adofo to know that until the SC ruling on the NHIS card that it isn't a legal proof of Ghanaian citizenship, Parliament passed all the CIs that regulated the conduct of elections in Ghana. It is these CIs which EC of which Afari Djan was chairman applied to conduct all elections. Similarly, until the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues a new LI stipulating the types of identification a passport applicant needs to attach to an application form, the NHIS card can be used to procure a passport. This what Gbevlo Lartey was trying to draw attention to. Afari Djan nor the EC never did anything illegal in the performance of the functions of the EC. If Adofo has nothing to say, he would be advised to remain silent on issues he has no or limited knowledge.
1 Loaf 7 years ago
Adofo, you see how skewed your write ups can be. You insulted Otumfuo telleeey as if you a lettered person now see your face. Idiot, Afari Djan did not pass the law permitting the use of the NHI card for registration. Stupid ... read full comment
Adofo, you see how skewed your write ups can be. You insulted Otumfuo telleeey as if you a lettered person now see your face. Idiot, Afari Djan did not pass the law permitting the use of the NHI card for registration. Stupid bufoon.
Adongo 7 years ago
Mr Adofo your article does not tell the real truth. Have you Mr Adofo Rockson taken the trouble to scrutinize the Ghanaian passport form? Had you done that, you might not have gone ahead to write this shallow article which si ... read full comment
Mr Adofo your article does not tell the real truth. Have you Mr Adofo Rockson taken the trouble to scrutinize the Ghanaian passport form? Had you done that, you might not have gone ahead to write this shallow article which simply is made up of half truths and lies.
For your information, the passport form is designed into many segments which also asks the applicant to indicate his/her nationality. This means if you are a Nigerian, you will not write Ghanaian because there are penalties for lying on the form. You also have to attach your birth cert as proof of nationality. There is a column that requires you to attach certain documents such as an old passport, birth cert, Voter ID, National ID Card, etc. You are expected to indicate which of these cards you have attached to your application form. You are also expected to indicate two (2) of your close family members and their addresses as referees and there should be guarantor of a certain rank (Captain and above if the guarantor is a Military officer, a Reverend Minister and others).
All these information are analyzed before a passport is issued. The Passport Office does not just get up and issue passports to anyone who presents any form of identity.
Mr Adofo also said "the Supreme Court should have ordered for an entirely new national registration of voters where known immigrants could have been challenged because they are obviously known to many in the communities they live." This statement shows glaringly the ignorance of Mr Adofo. During the compilation of the voters register, there were party agents at each polling station who were to check the nationality of anyone coming to register. Providing NHIS cards was just another form of identification. That alone was not the only form of identification since the agents who reside in that community and therefore knew residents and can differentiate between a Ghanaian and a foreigner.
Mr Adofo should know that during the period Nana Akuffo-Addo was the Foreign Minister, OVER 170 diplomatic passport booklets got "missing" from his custody and one of those passports was later found to be used by one of his drug baron friends. Now that we depend on passports, who knows the volume of foreigners some of them drug dealers who are on our voters list.
If the SC had asked for a new register, what guarantee is there that more foreigners will not register since even diplomatic passport booklets got missing while in the custody of Nana Akufo-Addo?
Mr Afari Gyan NEVER asked the Passport Office to accept NHIS cards (refer above). I just don't know where Mr Adofo got the idea from; is it understanding the English language or selective reportage, he should know that using the NHIS as one of the identities for registration was not forced on us by Dr Afari Gyan but was accepted by all.
Mr Adofo stated at the end of his article that we should "Stay tuned for more info on election 2016 in relation to the plots likely hatched by Mrs Charlotte Osei to assist President Mahama and the NDC hang on to power. But she will fail, for Ghanaians are in their large numbers calling for a change of government and there shall be a change no matter what! That is interesting - that there will be a change no matter what the rest of us decide, it will go his way and his way alone. That's sad and will bring mayhem. He should tell us what the EC is planning to subvert the electoral process.
I wish to strongly advise him to be more honest and factual and should not present another hollow article like the one above.
Ritewing 7 years ago
Afari Gyan is the culprit but he was pushed by the Ndc, to ask for legislation to make the NHIS card an acceptable document to Ghanaian citizenship. Afari Gyan paid a huge price in a public spectacle, for his behavior and ... read full comment
Afari Gyan is the culprit but he was pushed by the Ndc, to ask for legislation to make the NHIS card an acceptable document to Ghanaian citizenship. Afari Gyan paid a huge price in a public spectacle, for his behavior and his willingness to manipulate the results of the 2012 national elections, to a pre determined candidate. The Ndc will one day in the future, regret their dirty scheme, concerning the entirety of the NHIS management.
Richard Nyarko 7 years ago
Oh when would you people respects orthers view?, so because of NPP everything must change?;no body matters except those who would talk in favor of Nana Akuffo Addo. I propose the following to those seems better persons than o ... read full comment
Oh when would you people respects orthers view?, so because of NPP everything must change?;no body matters except those who would talk in favor of Nana Akuffo Addo. I propose the following to those seems better persons than others here in Ghana should call a refredom and vote NDC as well as other parties out of Ghana politis so that Almighty NPP remains only alternative to rule the Country forever. Ghana is for NPP because without them nobody has right to say his or her mind. GOD save us.
Posca 7 years ago
Afari Djan should keep quite because of him that the NDC is ruining Ghana.Afari Djan you are a fool keep quite and rest in pease.
Afari Djan should keep quite because of him that the NDC is ruining Ghana.Afari Djan you are a fool keep quite and rest in pease.
Danny Ray 7 years ago
So after your fruitless assault on the Asantehene it is now the turn of Afari Djan the maestro who served his country with distinction eh? Adofo ,go on you are winning the battle for your party.
So after your fruitless assault on the Asantehene it is now the turn of Afari Djan the maestro who served his country with distinction eh? Adofo ,go on you are winning the battle for your party.
SON OF GOD 7 years ago
PARLIAMENT PASSED A LAW AND WHEN IT IS IMPLEMENTED YOU BLAME THE PERSON WHO IS OBEDIENT TO THE LAW WHAT LOGIC IS THAT?
PARLIAMENT PASSED A LAW AND WHEN IT IS IMPLEMENTED YOU BLAME THE PERSON WHO IS OBEDIENT TO THE LAW WHAT LOGIC IS THAT?
G. K. Berko 7 years ago
Agyimisem sei ara kwa!! Let the old man rest in Peace for the little life left for him on this Planet. He has done his part. He successfully led the Nation through 2 decades of resurrected Democracy, amidst massive stagnation ... read full comment
Agyimisem sei ara kwa!! Let the old man rest in Peace for the little life left for him on this Planet. He has done his part. He successfully led the Nation through 2 decades of resurrected Democracy, amidst massive stagnation in literacy and other basic infrastructure.
The Nation had gone without any well-established national identification system since Independence. And you blame Afari Gyan for that? You've lost it, pal.
Meanwhile, Afari Gyan was not in charge of assigning Ghanaian Citizenship to anyone. He was not responsible for establishing who was a Ghanaian and who wasn't. Neither did he take up the role of the Immigration Service to award Citizenship to migrant.
His only and prime duty was to see that all folks eligible to vote could vote in peace and successfully without any unnecessary impediment. The process for the Electoral Commission to verify a potential voter's Citizenship was intrinsically limited by the sheer lack of a well grounded National Identity credentials. And that was not Afari Gyan's making. He was rightly to ensure that no eligible voter was disenfranchised. The various Governments including both the major Parties', NPP and NDC Administrations, supervised his work for, at least, two consecutive terms each. And none of the Administrations complained about how he did his work then.
All of sudden, Akufo-Addo, the Akyem Mafia Don comes along and he and his minions have tons of complaints about Afari Gyan's work he had been doing. The funny irony is that Akufo-Addo was the Attorney-General in one of those Governments and did nothing, absolutely nothing to address whatever problem he saw with Afari Gyan's work then. What a bunch of hypocritical bigots you guys are!! You have proven beyond doubt how dishonest and guileful you are, even to fellow NPP members. You surely are living your notorious mantra of 'All die be die..' to grab the Presidency for the incompetent, misfit Akufo-Addo. Why not drop him off to let Bawumia take over the Flagbearership, for Christ's sake?
Long Live Ghana!!!
JW 7 years ago
For obtaining. a valid passport. ii Ghana. I only know of birth certificate. then sometimes baptismal. certificate,
Are. other cards and certificates allowed.
Anyway. I stand. to be corrected if am wrong. Thank you.
For obtaining. a valid passport. ii Ghana. I only know of birth certificate. then sometimes baptismal. certificate,
Are. other cards and certificates allowed.
Anyway. I stand. to be corrected if am wrong. Thank you.
Nii Addo 7 years ago
You see, some ordinary Ghanaians have collected money from people of other countries and with the help of connection men acquired Ghanaian passports for them.
There are so many Nigerians carrying Ghanaian passports even in t ... read full comment
You see, some ordinary Ghanaians have collected money from people of other countries and with the help of connection men acquired Ghanaian passports for them.
There are so many Nigerians carrying Ghanaian passports even in the Uk for example. And the most annoying part of it all is that they are the same people making noise about who is a Ghanaian and who is not.
No matter what orders the Supreme Court issues there would still be foreigners registering to vote in Ghana.
Is it not easy to acquire Ghanaian birth certificate and it birth certificate not one of the requirements to obtain a Ghanaian passport?
Politics is destroying our country.
Thanks for the article unfortunately it amounts to nothing adorfo. U failed to tell readers who is a Ghanaian and by what means can one be a Ghanaian. Do not assume your readers know who is a Ghanaian and therefore failed to ...
read full comment
Clutching at straws. Please leave Afari Gyan alone. Concentrate on the job ahead.
What happened to your proposed new register
Adofo Rockson I believe the son of a rock. His mind is full of stones and rocks. You don't know how these things work ad try to be a judge over the best known EC chair. You don't know it is parliament that passes these laws t ...
read full comment
NDCfuo, NDCfuo Onyame betua moka baako,baako. If you don't get it today, you will get it tomorrow and the next and even on your dying bed. Ghana will be built again, Ghana haters will never succeed in their evil intents. Gb ...
read full comment
What about those who can get any passersby to only say "I know him/her" and the person gets registered as a voter. Which is worst? We are all confused.
How can someone be given a National passport just because the person has health insurance? Oh Mother Ghana! what our leaders are doing? We trusted them to rule us but they are turning us to be slaves in our own country.Mahama ...
read full comment
What did your NPP do with their 8 years in power? Fools
Please Adofo blame the passport office for accepting the NHIS card as proof of citizenship. Ghana is doomed.
Which other means of identifications do Ghanaians have apart from nhis and voters Id card? Birth certificate?. Its about time government create a national identity card that will describe who a Ghanaian truly is.
Rubbish in the highest which needs not to be responded to!!!
Another foolish and useless tribal bigot. Where in that article did the Col said the man in question is a foreigner? Sometimes, some of u Ashantis are pathetic. The last tribe to become part of modern da Ghana but alwas maki ...
read full comment
We pray for Npp victory and all non Ghanaians will be rooted out in the system. Ghana is for only Ghanaians and not foreigners as well as the so called border tribes.
Ur very stupid my brother dont u know that Ghanaians live in other countries and that every countries need foreigners .am ghanaian living in abroad am ashame of this kind of nonsense . stop it dumb uneducated foolish m ...
read full comment
It is instructive for Rockson Adofo to know that until the SC ruling on the NHIS card that it isn't a legal proof of Ghanaian citizenship, Parliament passed all the CIs that regulated the conduct of elections in Ghana. It is ...
read full comment
Adofo, you see how skewed your write ups can be. You insulted Otumfuo telleeey as if you a lettered person now see your face. Idiot, Afari Djan did not pass the law permitting the use of the NHI card for registration. Stupid ...
read full comment
Mr Adofo your article does not tell the real truth. Have you Mr Adofo Rockson taken the trouble to scrutinize the Ghanaian passport form? Had you done that, you might not have gone ahead to write this shallow article which si ...
read full comment
Afari Gyan is the culprit but he was pushed by the Ndc, to ask for legislation to make the NHIS card an acceptable document to Ghanaian citizenship. Afari Gyan paid a huge price in a public spectacle, for his behavior and ...
read full comment
Oh when would you people respects orthers view?, so because of NPP everything must change?;no body matters except those who would talk in favor of Nana Akuffo Addo. I propose the following to those seems better persons than o ...
read full comment
Afari Djan should keep quite because of him that the NDC is ruining Ghana.Afari Djan you are a fool keep quite and rest in pease.
So after your fruitless assault on the Asantehene it is now the turn of Afari Djan the maestro who served his country with distinction eh? Adofo ,go on you are winning the battle for your party.
PARLIAMENT PASSED A LAW AND WHEN IT IS IMPLEMENTED YOU BLAME THE PERSON WHO IS OBEDIENT TO THE LAW WHAT LOGIC IS THAT?
Agyimisem sei ara kwa!! Let the old man rest in Peace for the little life left for him on this Planet. He has done his part. He successfully led the Nation through 2 decades of resurrected Democracy, amidst massive stagnation ...
read full comment
For obtaining. a valid passport. ii Ghana. I only know of birth certificate. then sometimes baptismal. certificate,
Are. other cards and certificates allowed.
Anyway. I stand. to be corrected if am wrong. Thank you.
You see, some ordinary Ghanaians have collected money from people of other countries and with the help of connection men acquired Ghanaian passports for them.
There are so many Nigerians carrying Ghanaian passports even in t ...
read full comment