Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament, Ben Abdallah Banda, has described the decision of the Local Government Ministry to redirect the birth and death registry to reverse its decision to ban local names as a step in the right direction.
Local Government Minister Hajia Alima Mahama was invited to Parliament in pursuant to the public’s sentiments on the decision of the registry to ban the registration of some local names.
Local Government Minister Hajia Alima Mahama has, however directed the Registrar of Births and Deaths to reverse the directive banning the registration of some Ghanaian names such as, Nana, Ohemaa, Maame, Awura, Nii, Naa etc.
The directive was contained in a 2009 standard operating procedure manual and has been in force since then.
Speaking to Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament, Ben Abdallah Banda, explained that the directive which was contained in a standard operating procedure manual has been in operation since 2009.
According to him, guidelines are made for people, adding that if there is any situation where the same people you made the guidelines for opposes it, you must be ready to make amends.
“I believe laws are made for people and if the same people are not in support of it, you quickly make amends,”he reiterated.
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