Former Deputy Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, has been critical of the Ghana Card, which Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has highlighted as one of the government's achievements.

In July 2022, Otokunor took a jab at Vice President Bawumia during the New Patriotic Party’s Delegates Conference at the Accra Sports Stadium. He sarcastically mentioned that due to the harsh economic conditions, he was only able to buy a ball of kenkey for GH¢5.

Vice President Bawumia has emphasized the government’s commitment to addressing challenges within the informal economy through the implementation of the Ghana Card as part of the digitalization agenda. He highlighted issues such as age cheating, identity fraud, and the proliferation of fake documents that the Ghana Card aims to combat.

"What did you buy today with your Ghana card?" the journalist asked Mr Otokunor in response to his earlier claim of buying food with the Ghana card.

Peter Otokunor replied, "Incidentally, I have realized that a lot of people are tired and it is not working. So I have advised that anytime you try and it is not working, let them call the Vice President."

"When you go and buy fuel and you give them a Ghana card, I saw one video, they said they would not collect."

In recent times, the Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has touted the significant contributions of the erstwhile John Mahama administration in developing the Ghana Card system.

According to him, the NDC government started the implementation process of the Ghana Card as far back as 2016, arguing that the NPP government only continued with the system developed by the Mahama government.

He claimed that the Mahama administration in 2016 collected biometric and demographic data on about 16 million Ghanaians and processed about 4.7 million cards.

Commenting on Dr Bawumia’s address to the nation, Sammy Gyamfi claimed that the Mahama administration distributed about 900,000 cards before leaving office in 2016.