The National Identification Authority (NIA) has clarified the controversies surrounding the noncitizen identity card in possession of Chinese illegal miner Ruxia Huang aka Aisha Huang at the time of her arrest.
According to the NIA, possession of the Non-Citizen Ghana Card does not confer or amount to having Ghanaian citizenship.
NIA in a statement signed by its acting Head of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Abudu Abdul Ganiyu explained that the embattled ‘galamsey queen’ first registered for the Ghana card bearing the name Huang En at the Foreigner Identification Management System (FIMS) registration centre at Nhyiaeso, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region.
It stated that she subsequently did two more renewals on August 31, 2016, and January 8, 2018, using the same details and a Chinese passport number G39575625 with the identity En Huang.
According to the NIA, on August 25, 2022, she visited an NIA registration centre at Tamale, for a card as a first-time applicant but did that under the name Ruxia Huang however, the biometrics shows that it had already existing person using the same name in the NIS database.
“As per NIA’s normal registration process, EN HUANG was asked to provide an official certified affidavit and a gazette as required by law to support the change of name if the details in the passport with number EJ5891162 were to be used to update her old records.
“En Huang was then given the option of waiting to bring in the required documents before her details could be updated or renewing her old registration with her Personal ID Number CHN-010039480-J, without any change in details.
“She opted to renew with the old details and then go through the affidavit and gazette process after which she would then provide the documents for the update to be done. Her renewed Non-Citizen Ghana Card was then issued to her on 25th August 2022, bearing the same name En Huang,” the NIA statement detailed.
The NIA said she then opted to renew with the old details and then go through the affidavit and gazette process later, after which she would then provide the documents for the update to be done.
Her renewed Non-Citizen Ghana Card was then issued to her on August 25, 2022, bearing the old details.
The NIA’s statement clarifies further that its verification system functioned as designed to enable them to prevent Huang En from registering under a new name and date of birth for a new Non-Citizen Ghana Card, despite her being in possession of two Chinese passports.
It concluded that the Authority’s technical system remains robust and will continue to jealously guard the boundaries of Ghanaian citizenship and prevent unqualified foreigners from obtaining the Ghana Card meant for Ghanaian citizens.
