The Ghana Affiliation of Banking institutions suggests banking institutions can not be blamed for not accepting the new Voter Identification card as a form of identification for banking transactions.
It’s been more than 10 months considering the fact that the Electoral Fee introduced the new Voters ID card.
Having said that, the banking companies do not figure out the ID card made use of for voting in the course of the last Presidential and Parliamentary elections, for transaction.
But talking to Pleasure Organization, Chief Govt of the Ghana Bankers Association, John Awuah, reported the financial institutions are unable to be faulted for not accepting the Voters ID card, as they can’t compromise protection.
“Banks have not taken a determination not to take the new voters ID as an identification for banking transaction. What has happened is due to the fact we had our new election [2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections] and our new card, the infrastructure or the system for authenticating the new voters ID has not been refreshed or updated with the facts of the new voters ID card.”
“The bank has no mechanism for validating the data on your voters ID card and that marriage with the Electoral Fee is not straight with the banking companies. There is a third party supplier [G Vive] that the Electoral Commission has an ongoing contract or arrangement with, for them to be ready to access their database in giving that option for banks to validate the playing cards when they are offered in assistance of banking transactions”, Mr. Awuah stated.
“So as before long as the dialogue concerning the Electoral Fee and the third party company is completed and the databases is refreshed with the new ID card, banking institutions will have no trouble or difficulties at all in adopting or accepting the new ID card (voter0”, he outlined even more.
