There Are People In Ghana Who Are Stateless – eShun

Sensational singer signed onto Quophimens Music label eShun, has revealed that there are people in Ghana who are stateless.

According to eShun, who is also a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) High-Level Supporter;

“the number of stateless persons or persons at risk of statelessness is unknown because as a country we have not seen the need to do that so we don’t have any of data. But from research that the UNHCR Ghana conducted, there are people in Ghana who are stateless or at risk of being stateless”.

eShun made this revelation during an interview on Accra Based Radio Station Rainbow FM with Sokohemaa.

She continued to narrate an incident where a woman born to Ghanaian parents and who has

lived in the nation all her life, had been denied the right to a birth certificate because officials

at the Registry claimed she is not a Ghanaian.

“She looks like a Fulani and for reasons unknown to me, Fulanis are not Ghanaians. Birth registration is not something we take really seriously in Ghana despite the existence of a free registration policy before a child reaches one year old. One of the major reasons why statelessness has not been solved is because of lack of awareness of the problem.’’, the Akyia Hit-maker eShun added.

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Statelessness is a situation whereby an individual residing in a state is denied all the

privileges and rights given to its citizens because he or she has no documents to prove that

he or she is a citizen.

These individuals are typically in this situation because they have difficulties proving they possess links to the State they reside in.

This is due to, for instance, the lack of birth registration and personal documentation that

traces the individuals’ place of origin, and can confirm their identity.

Populations without birth certificates, abandoned children, undocumented stranded migrants,

individuals living in areas of political instability and border disputes, constitute some of the

major groups of people at risk of statelessness in West Africa.

The Someone Loves Me Hit-maker concluded that;

“If you are Stateless, you can’t go to school, you are denied quality health care, you can’t even marry. This is not right. It needs to end and that is why I am lending my full support to ending it by 2024.” eShun concluded.

As part of eShun’s support to End Statelessness, she composed and performed a song to help in creating awareness of the problem titled “I Belong”

Meanwhile, eShun launched this week the video for her fast trending song ‘Clap For Yourself’ which is enjoying massive views on Youtube.