MPs begin registration for seventh parliament
Members of Parliament (MPs)-elect of the Seventh Parliament on Monday began registration to secure identification cards that would enable them to access the chamber.
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That would also allow them to attend the first sitting of the Seventh Parliament that would see the election and swearing in of the speaker, two deputy speakers and MPs-elect.
Registration process
The registration, which is taking place at the Parliament House, will end on Friday, December 23, 2016.
The process begins with the taking of photographs for the purposes of issuing identification cards (IDs).
Thereafter, the MPs fill out registration forms, providing their names, age, profession, educational background, constituency and political party.
Staff of the Parliamentary Service then electronically input the information.
Afterwards, a laminated ID is printed and issued to the MP-elect.
And MPs-elect who have filled their forms online, get their forms printed and IDs issued after crosschecking.
Briefing
Briefing journalists, the Deputy Head of Public Affairs of Parliament, Mrs Kate Addo, indicated that it was a crime under sections 39 and 40 of the National Identity Register Act 2008 (Act 750) to give false information.
She said the incomplete registration forms would mean inability to issue the MPs-elect IDs.
