The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority(NIA) Prof. Ken Attafuah has strongly rejected accusation by section of the public of the Authority’s disregard for human lives by continuing with its registration process in spite of the outbreak of coronavirus in Ghana.
The NIA and its Boss came under heavy flak from a section of the public when they failed to comply with President Akufo Addo’s ban on public gatherings as the Authority publicly indicated that it was proceeding with the registration exercise as it has put in place measures to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
But in an interview with Kasapa News, Prof. Attafuah stated that his outfit was simply complying with the law.
“…When you can take precautionary measures, hygienic measures and all of those things and you can still do your work in safety then you go back and do your work. If you can do your work safely but a court order is retraining you until when the disease is eradicated then NIA statutory duty to conduct mass registration cannot happen. That is what is the issue for us.”
Prof. Attafuah also denied claims that he solely took the decision to go ahead with the registration exercise.
“…The governance structure that I talked about doesn’t end with the Board, there is also a Minister responsible for the National Identification system. That Minister is a Minister of State at the Presidency[Dr Anthony Akoto Osei]. So decisions doesn’t begin with Ken Attafuah and end with Ken Attafuah. It is not a simple matter of Ken Attafuah getting up and making a decision.”
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You can cheat people, mistreat them and abuse us as citizens. But always remember GOD IS NOT DEAD.
YOU ARE JUST A WICKED MAN, VERY WICKED. YOU CHOSE ELECTIONS OVER HUMAN LIVES. YOUR WICKEDNESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND LIMITS.
His last sentence means nana addo and dr Anthony akoto osei were fully aware of what he was doing. He is just being diplomatic and respectful to them not to spill the beans, hence the way he spoke.
What did you disregard?
Logically you should have stopped.
NPP's stronghold population will dwindle if care is not taken. This is as a result of greedy and politicization of independence celebration knowing very well that some officials at the 50,000 capacity stadium were corona suspects. YET KEPT IT UNDER THE CARPET. These officials came into contact with majority of party faithfuls, yet there are idiooots and ***barred word*** bigot who will defend this. Let's be serious and throw the politics away. My question is DID NDC OFFICIALS HAD AN INFO ON corona SUSPECTS HENCE THE REASON NONE OF THEM ATTENDED THE EVENT.
Make God punish you with your infantile and biased explanation. You just celebrated state of the art birthday so you think your are above the law. The voice of majority of the people is the voice of god. So you don't know that innocent people's lives were at stake.
WITHOUT THOSE UNNECESSARY INTERRUPTION NIA WOULD HAVE FINISHED TODAY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM WITH COVID-19.THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN STOPPED WHEN THE NATION WAS NOT LOCKED DOWN. ALL THE SAME NOTHING WILL BEE TOO DIFFERENT EXCEPT THAT MANY IN THE EASTERN REGION WOULD FEEL UNHAPPY FOR BEING WITHOUT GHANA CARD AS COMPARE TO ALL THE OTHER REGIONS. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AS SOON AS COVISD-19 SITUATION BECOMES BETTER.
And you think the churches ,drinking spots, night clubs, etc won't take those your so-called "precautionary, hygienic measures" in order to operate? Your are the most "hygienic" and "wisest" in Ghana and so rules of common sense are below you, right? Don't try to insult the intelligence of Ghanaians with this "kindergarten" level explanation! And you wanted to push through with the registration in one particular region despite the directive to avoid gatherings of more than 25 people; are you telling us the number of people left to register in that particular region is less than 25 for which you had to finish up at all costs despite the clear danger you exposed them to?
Who needs your explanation?? We saw what it was exactly!!! You think we're not discerning enough?? GOD will thwart your schemes at alllll levels!!! He is NOT mocked!!