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Birth Certificate Just A Document Not Proof Of Citizenship – Justice Torkornoo Reiterates

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah The Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has reiterated the Supreme Court’s position that a birth certificate is not proof of citizenship but rather a record of one’s birth location. Explaining that the information on a birth certificate is not verifiable during her vetting on Friday, May …

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Jomoro MP asked to produce evidence of renounced Ivorian Citizenship

  The Member of Parliament for Jomoro in the Western Region, Dorcas Affo-Toffey has been served a writ to produce evidence of her renounced dual citizenship in court. A petition that was filed by one Joshua Emuah Kofie, to challenge her legibility as a Parliamentary representative of the constituency, has …

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Looming by-election as NDC MP-Elect is fingered in dual citizenship blues

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare Barimah The New Patriotic Party(NPP) has given an indication that it will challenge the legitimacy of the National Democratic Congress'(NDC’s) Member of Parliament(MP)-elect for Assin North Constituency in the Central Region. According to the NPP, the Member of Parliament(MP)-elect was not qualified to partake in the just-ended …

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PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO CONFERS GHANAIAN CITIZENSHIP ON 126 DIASPORANS

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 27th November, 2019, conferred Ghanaian citizenship on 126 Diasporans, who have lived in Ghana for many years. Speaking after the conferment ceremony, President Akufo-Addo stated that “I am glad you have decided to make …

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President Trump cancels automatic citizenship for children of non-citizens born in US

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah President Donald Trump The Trump administration is making it more difficult for the children of some United States (US) service members and US government employees living abroad to automatically become US citizens, according to a policy alert released Wednesday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The rule appears to …

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