You’re not entitled to attack our credibility --- NIA to Ablakwa

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You’re not entitled to attack our credibility — NIA to Ablakwa

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has slammed North Tongu lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for questioning its credibility following Rev Victor Kusi Boateng using a different name to obtain a Ghana Card.

Rev. Kusi Boateng is also known as Kwabena Adu Boateng.

According to the NIA, the outspoken NDC MP is unable to accept the science and law behind the issuance of a Ghana Card to Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.

Okudzeto Ablakwa in a tweet said the fact that Rev Kusi Boateng was able to obtain a different name to obtain a Ghana Card raises serious concern about the NIA database.

“The NIA must explain to Ghanaians how a popular prophet arrived at their registration premises as Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng but was mysteriously issued a Ghana Card bearing the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi with a different date of birth,” he said.

The NIA must explain to Ghanaians how a popular prophet arrived at their registration premises as Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng but was mysteriously issued a Ghana Card bearing the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi with a different date of birth!

How credible is the National ID Exercise? /2 pic.twitter.com/l5oIjo8ZxY

— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) January 30, 2023

However, in a statement on Wednesday, the NIA disregarded the allegation by the lawmaker stating that the man of God secured his Ghana Card with a valid document bearing the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.

According to the Authority, the popular name may not be a person’s real or official name, and this is rather trite or commonplace.

“The credibility of the entire registration exercise is solidly intact. Indeed, with stoic determination and focus, NIA has, since 2017, conducted a national identification exercise that has resulted in the capture of the biometrics and alpha-numeric data of over 17.3 million Ghanaians and qualified foreigners in Ghana, each with a unique identity, and issued smart, dual-interface biometric identity cards to over 16 million of them,” excerpts of the statement said.

“Ablakwa is entitled to pursue all reasonable measures to tackle the spate of conflict of interest in our beloved country. He is, however, not entitled to attack and undermine the credibility of the National ID exercise, the NIS or any state institution without just cause,” the statement noted.