NIA staff frustrate Navrongo locals

Information reaching this reporter from the Navrongo-East municipality of the Upper East region indicates that residents of Yua, Natugnia, and Manyaro are going through frustrations in getting their national identification cards as officials of the NIA are said to be lackadaisical in issuing out cards to registered folks.

The NIA was bailed to commence the issuance of the national identification cards to registrants in the mentioned communities on Monday, June 8, but failed to turn up.

Sources revealed that they (NIA) staff reported at the said communities on Tuesday and worked for a half-day and unceremoniously left.

Staff, this outlet is told snubbed all persons who try enquiring from them the reasons for their unofficial departure. The exercise was preemptively aborted.

Residents are unhappy with the conduct of NIA staff. They say, the behaviour of staff regarding this exercise is untenable.

They are therefore calling on superior authorities to call their staff to order.

A frustrated resident, Adongo Prosper told this reporter that, his attempt to approach officials for an explanation regarding the stoppage was met with insult from a local focal person of the exercise.

“This is a farming season, you cannot deceive people to stop their work, walk here, just for you to park your machines and walkout.” A resident fumed.

For Prosper, this is part of the grand scheme to frustrate poor farmers to stay away from participating in the exercise so as to derail the chances of the National Democratic Congress.

He added that the actions of the NIA must be checked and tamed before their conduct throw the nation’s democracy to the dogs.

Efforts to speak to one Ignatius Yaw Ayirah, local NIA focal person-in-charge of the exercise proved futile as calls placed to his MTN went unanswered.

The NIA’s card distribution exercise has currently been engulfed with controversies.