Policy think tank, Strategic Thinkers Network-Africa (STRANEK-Africa), has sued the National Identification Authority (NIA) and the Attorney-General on the removal of the Voter ID card as an identity document required before a person can obtain Ghana citizenship card.
The think tank is invoking the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Ghana and seeking five reliefs.
STRANEK-Africa in its writ is seeking a declaration that, upon a proper interpretation of Articles 6 and 42, of the 1992 constitution, a person with a Voter’s ID card has passed the citizen requirement.
The think tank is also seeking a declaration that upon a proper interpretation of Article 42, the ‘’purported removal from the National Identity Register (Amendment) Act 2017, Act 950, the Ghana voter’s from the identity documents required before a person can obtain the Ghana citizenship card is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever.’’
STRANEK-Africa is also seeking a ‘’declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of the constitution specifically Article 6 of the 1992 constitution, proof of citizenship should not be limited by the provisions of the National Identity Register (Amendment) Act, 2017, Act 950.’’
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