731 sworn commissioners sworn in for the registration of a card in Ghana

General News on Thursday, November 29, 2018

Source: citinewsroom.com

2018-11-29

The judicial service was reinforced by 731 commissioners of oaths that will be deployed for the exercise of registration of the national identity card (map of Ghana).

Commissioners for Oaths were sworn in last Friday by Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo.

Commissioners for Oaths were trained at the Judicial Service Training Institute in Accra, in partnership with the National Identification Authority (NNA).
They will oversee the process of providing oaths and solemn declarations by family members of those without a birth certificate or pbadport, the two mandatory documents required to register Ghana's card.

According to the 2017 National Identification Register (Amendment) Act, Ghanaians who do not possess a birth certificate or pbadport may have a family member or two persons already registered to ensure compliance.

At the swearing-in ceremony at the Supreme Court in Accra, the commissioners who took the oath of secrecy and the official oath were given certificates.

To date, 1,031 people have been trained and sworn in as commissioners for the swearing in for the nationwide registration exercise. 500 more are expected to start in December in Kumasi.

When addressing the commissioners, the Chief Justice warned them not to engage in acts that would violate their oath or the law of the land, indicating that these acts were punishable under the law.

"You must not swear an oath to someone you have not seen in person or whose statements you can not verify. The Republic, on whose behalf you will work, needs accurate and reliable information, and your task is to make sure that this exercise provides it.

She added that the integrity of the registration process will largely depend on the commissioners she urged to be firm but fair, accommodating but faithful to the law.

Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Acting Executive Secretary of the NIA, also said that the role of commissioners for swearing-in could not be underestimated, as the majority of Ghanaians were waiting to register, did not have no mandatory documents. .