The National Identification Authority (NIA) has highlighted the issues surrounding the noncitizen identity card that Chinese illegal miner Ruxia Huang (aka Aisha Huang) was carrying at the time of her detention.
According to the NIA, holding a Non-Citizen Ghana Card does not give or imply Ghanaian citizenship.
The embattled “galamsey queen” first registered for the Ghana card bearing the name Huang En at the Foreigner Identification Management System (FIMS) registration center at Nhyiaeso, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, according to a statement signed by its acting Head of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Abudu Abdul Ganiyu.
She subsequently renewed her passport on August 31, 2016, and January 8, 2018, using the same information and a Chinese passport number (G39575625) with the alias En Huang.
According to the NIA, on August 25, 2022, she went to an NIA registration center in Tamale to apply for a card as a first-time applicant, but she did so under the name Ruxia Huang, even though biometrics show that there was already an existing individual with the same identity in the NIS database.
“As part of the routine registration process, EN HUANG was asked to give an officially certified affidavit and a gazette, as required by law, to support the change of name if the information in the passport with the number EJ5891162 was to be used to update the passport.”
“En Huang was then given the option of either waiting for the requisite paperwork to be brought in before her details could be altered or renewing her old registration with her PD number CHN-010039480-J with no changes.”
“She chose to renew with the old information and then go through the affidavit and gazette process, following which she would supply the paperwork for the update to be completed.” Her renewed Non-Citizen Ghana Card was then issued to her on August 25, 2022, under the same name “En Huang,” according to the NIA statement.
According to the NIA, she chose to renew with the old information and then go through the affidavit and gazette process later, after which she would give the documentation for the change.
Her renewed Non-Citizen Ghana Card was then issued to her on August 25, 2022, with the same information as before.
The NIA’s statement emphasizes further that its verification system worked as intended to prevent Huang En from registering for a new Non-Citizen Ghana Card under a different name and date of birth, despite her holding two Chinese passports.
It determined that the Authority’s technical system is still strong and will continue to jealously preserve the borders of Ghanaian citizenship, preventing unqualified foreigners from acquiring the Ghana Card intended for Ghanaians.
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