A Nigerian national who acquired a Ghana national identification card (Ghana Card) by using false information has been convicted by the Asokore Mampong District Magistrate Court. Usman Emmanuel, a resident of Sawaba in Kumasi was convicted on the offence of falsely providing information about himself contrary to section 17 (C) of the National Identification Authority Act […]
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has told all airlines through the International Air Transport Association (IATA), that the Ghana Card will from March 1, 2022, be recognised as an international travelling identity document, otherwise called e-passport for all Ghanaian holders travelling to Ghana. The GACL, following this week’s key ceremony at the headquarters of […]
Banks have expressed their readiness to comply with a Bank of Ghana (BoG) directive that mandates them to use only the Ghana Card in identifying their customers before transacting business with them. The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) said the July 1 deadline was favourable and they would take the necessary steps to enable them […]
By the end of the first quarter of 2022, the Ghanacard will be recognised globally as an electronic passport and can be read and verified in all International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) compliant borders. This means the Ghanacard, which is a unique biometric identification card, will be accepted as an e-passport in 197 borders globally […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has completed building its verification platform, to enable all financial institutions to accept the Ghana Card for transactions. Already Calbank, Stanbic and UBA have started accepting the Ghana Card as a form of verification for banking transactions. This follows the successful onboarding of the three banks’ verification systems to the […]
The National Health Insurance Scheme card will be phased out at the end of the year, with the function to be transferred to the Ghana Card. Nearly half of the Ghanaian population have registered onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), enabling them to access healthcare services in public facilities and some private outfits. In […]
The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said Ghanaians and foreigners who do not have the Ghana Card cannot re-register their SIM cards beginning October 2021. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Accra on Sunday, she said the exercise is mandatory for all citizens and non-citizens living in Ghana. Owusu-Ekuful announced that […]
About 14 million people have been identified as eligible taxpayers after a successful integration of the Ghana Card and Tax Identification Numbers (TINs), an exercise which started on April 1, this year. The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, who made this known, said out of the number, only six million […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has achieved 84.44 percent (15,581,283) of its enrolment target as of June 28, 2021. That, it said exceeded its target of 80 percent of the population aged 15 years and above. The Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof Ken Attafuah said this at the meet the press series […]
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has deployed systems that allow members of the scheme to merge their SSNIT and NIA numbers (Personal ID Numbers on their Ghana Cards). The merger will provide convenience and comfort for members as they will only use one card, the Ghana Card, for all transactions with the Trust. […]
From Monday, June 28, this year, all Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributors will replace their unique scheme identification numbers with the Ghana Card identification numbers. The process of merging the two identification numbers will continue until December 31, this year. This means that from January 1, next year, SSNIT contributors will no […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) is set to distribute some 3,875,441 printed Ghana Cards to applicants across all 16 regions of the country from 8th through to 16th of June 2020. A state issued by the Authority and sighted by BestNewsGH.com read in part that ‘’This nationwide card issuance blitz will enable 11,062,850 Ghanaians to […]
