Vice Chairman of the Committee on Public Administration and State Interests, Sammi Awuku, is calling on the government to urgently address what he describes as a brewing national crisis involving the National Identification Authority (NIA) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
His comments follow a major disruption that left scores of importers and taxpayers stranded at the Ghana Revenue Authority's (GRA) tax gate.
On August 5, 2025, the NIA cut off GRA's access to its identity verification platform due to an unpaid debt of GHC 376 million.
In a post shared on social media sighted by MyNewsGh, Awuku described the situation as a wake-up call and warned that the current state of affairs goes far beyond a funding dispute. "This is not just about money.
