North Tongu’s Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called upon the government to promptly provide replacements for all national identity cards, passports, and other essential documents lost by those impacted by the Akosombo dam spillage.
Ablakwa emphasizes the importance of replacing vital documents such as birth certificates, health insurance cards, voter ID cards, passports, and Ghana cards for the affected individuals, citing humanitarian reasons to ease their situation.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, Ablakwa said, “I’m calling on the government to replace thousands of lost Ghana cards, health insurance cards, voter ID cards, birth certificates, and passports. For victims of the far-reaching catastrophic consequences of the September 5, 2023, spillage, from the Akosombo and Kpong dams by the Volta River Authority.
“The time has come for the relevant public institutions to carry out a special and comprehensive exercise in all affected constituencies to immediately replace these important documents.”
He expressed appreciation to Ghanaians for supporting the victims in salvaging the situation.
But in response, the Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, said the call must be channelled to the relevant institutions for redress.
“The call should be made to the EC, the National Health Insurance Authority, and others. We cannot narrow everything to the government, and we may not be getting the solution.
“Let’s move from our offices beyond the talk on the floor of the house and move there, they are our colleagues. Let’s direct this appropriately so that we get solutions.”
