The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, insists that the Ghana card will end age cheating in the game.
Ghana and Africa as a whole have been bedevilled with instances of age cheating in sports especially football.
The Black Maidens of Ghana have been banned recently by CAF for age cheating.
Dr. Bawumia insists that the Ghana card will stop age cheating in sports.
"Fake birth certificates was a big problem for our country and it made it very difficult for people to trust our documents at embassies and everywhere because people will just go and have fake birth certificates," he said.
"In fact when we went to the birth and death registry, we found three different databases and we had to harmonize the databases," he revealed.
"Once you have a unique identity you'll not have fake birth certificates as there will be no football age versus normal age. That business will come to an end.
"Recently you would know that our women's team was banned for presenting some overaged players. Hopefully now we are going to strictly require that they bring their Ghana card before they are going to be registered to play," he concluded.
By: Abdul Razak Salim
