NIA should be allowed to continue with the Ghana card registration - Minister

Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour has suggested the National Identification Authority (NIA) can continue to register Ghanaians for the Ghana card provided they are following the protocols to prevent any spread.

The Minister in an interview said the staff of the NIA, as well as the residents, are reasonably safe because the authority has put in measures to prevent the spread of the virus.

Mr. Darfour told Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5fm that, the staff of the NIA have been provided with the needed logistics to protect them against the virus.

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA), the Economic Fighters League, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and policy think tank the Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK) have all called on the government to call the NIA to order.

They want the exercise suspended because it poses a threat to public health and safety.

But Mr. Darfour says there is no cause for alarm because measures are in place to prevent any form of spread.