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The National Democratic Congress minority in Parliament have declared a boycott for Monday\u2019s\u00a0Ghana card registration exercise<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for parliamentarians.<\/p>\n A statement issued by the caucus leader, Haruna Iddrisu said they are unable to take part in the process due to several challenges including the limitation of the registration process to\u00a0only persons with birth certificates and passports<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe remain opposed to the restriction of identification requirements for registration to\u00a0Passports and Birth Certificates<\/strong><\/a>. Our analysis show that this will prevent about 23 million Ghanaians from obtaining the Ghana Card and deprive them of any benefit thereof.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It said it was surprising that a planned meeting to receive a briefing from the National Identification Authority (NIA) on the process had been postponed indefinitely.<\/p>\n The statement further accused the NIA of not being transparent in communicating details of the Ghana card project to the public, noting that its information showed that the\u00a0total cost of the project<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was $1.4 with a tax exemption of $176 million but the while the Chief Executive Officer of the NIA, Prof Ken Attafuah, insists that the project will cost $ 293 million.<\/p>\n