Five persons have been arrested for allegedly engaging in various offenses in the ongoing Ghana Card registration in the Ashanti Region.
This was contained in a statement issued by the National Identification Authority (NIA) on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
The suspects include four officers of the National Identification Authority (NIA) and a citizen.
They include;
- Kenneth Sarfo Boateng, —Commissioner for Oaths (CFO), Church of Christ Registration Center, Nyinampong, Asante-Mampong
- Ransford Omane Osei
—Mobile Registration Workstation Officer(MRWO), Ampaabame Registration Center, near Ejisu. - De-graft Osei-Mensah — Supervising Registration Officer (SRO), Kentinkrono M/A Registration Center at KNUST.
- Emmanuel Edusei Poku — District Registration Supervisor (DRS), Kentinkrono M/A Registration Center at KNUST.
- Kwabena Dan — a resident of Nyinampong in the Asante-Mampong Municipality.
The arrests which occurred between 3rd and 6th January, 2020, were the result of collaborative efforts between the NIA and some aggrieved citizens in the Ashanti Region.
In the case of Emmanuel Edusei Poku and De-graft Osei Mensah, the two were picked up by the KNUST District Command for flaunting their own rules of registering students of the Primo Aviation College at night.
Fourteen students of the school were also arrested in the Monday raid for interrogation.
DailymailGh checks have revealed that the NIA officials were contracted by management of the school to undertake the exercise.
“When interrogated, the students told the police that the NIA officials came to the school at 19:00hrs to register them for the Ghana ECOWAS Card. The students however denied having paid any money to the NIA officials”, parts of a police statement sighted by DailymailGh read.
Meanwhile, the NIA said all the named suspects have been granted a police enquiry bail as part of investigations.
“Management of NIA is satisfied, following administrative procedures, that the conduct of the aforesaid Registration Officials is in breach of the relevant provisions of the Public Services Code of Conduct. Management has further determined the said conducts also constitutes an egregious violation of applicable internal rules and regulations governing the conduct of NIA officials”, parts of the statement signed by ACI Francis PalmDeti, Head of Corporate Affairs at the NIA, noted.
“Accordingly the Executive Secretary has directed the immediate dismissal of the said officials”, the statement further indicated.
By Jonathan Ofori, Daily Mail GH
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