But for isolated hitches, the registration of persons for the Ghana Card in some parts of Accra West is progressing smoothly, visits by The Finder to some selected centres have revealed. Reporters paid visits to some centres within Accra East which includes; Accra Girls, Ayawaso North Municipal Assembly, Officers Mess, 37, Jubilee International Churches and […]
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12 NIA officials sacked for violating Ghana Card registration rules
Twelve people working for the National Identification Authority (NIA) have been dismissed for violating the directives, rules and regulations of the authority. Four other officers have been suspended for one month for other minor offences which are contrary to the NIA’s directives, rules and regulations. The Head of Corporate Affairs of the NIA, Assistant Commissioner […]
NIA staff nabbed for collecting 60 cedis bribe and aiding 2 Nigerians to obtain Ghana cards
A staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA) who attempted to register two Nigerians to obtain Ghana cards has been arrested by the Abossey Okai Police in Accra. Timothy Wuni, 26, a Data Input Officer of the NIA at Abossey Okai Central Mosque registration centre was reported to have taken GH¢60 from a former staff […]
Ghana Card: NIA registers 102,554 in one week
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has successfully registered a total of 102,554 people in the first week of its national mass registration exercise. The NIA last week started a mass registration exercise following the successful completion of the pilot phase. According to the NIA, it successfully captured the details of 7,900 people on the first […]
Ghana Card: all you need to know and what you should carry when going to register
All an applicant needs to do is to turn up at any of the centers with their residential Ghana Post Digital Address and either of the following; Genuine birth certificate Valid Ghanaian Passport Valid certificate of acquired citizenship Applicants are also encouraged to go to the registration centers with all official ID documents they possess […]
Details: dates for the nationwide Ghana Card registration for the various regions
Below are the dates for the nationwide Ghana Card Registration which begins in earnest next week. The National Identification Authority (NIA) has deployed resources including machinery and human capital to ensure a successful and smooth exercise across the sixteen regions of the country. Greater Accra Region – 29th April 2019 ——— 6th July 2019 Volta […]
Supreme Court throws out discrimination case against NIA
The Supreme Court has thrown out a case of discrimination brought against the National Identification Authority (NIA) by a lawyer, Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur. Mr Arthur had applied to the court seeking for a declaration to be made that his right to “administrative justice and to equality or non-discrimination have been, are being or are […]
NIA registers 25,728 in La Nkwatanang-Madina in 4 days
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has registered 25,728 residents of La Nkwatanang-Madina Municipality of the Greater Accra Region in four days. This number is almost double the figure registered in Adentan Municipality in the first week of the exercise. Exercise ends December 22 The exercise at La Nkwatanang-Madina Municipality started from Monday, December 3, 2018, […]
Mass registration for national ID: we are waiting for commissioners of oath to be trained-NIA clarifies
The National Identification Authority says it is waiting for the Judicial Service to finish training some newly recruited commissioners of oaths before they begin the mass registration of Ghanaians next month. The Authority’s spokesman, Francis Palm Deti says the in the inability of the Authority to meet the timelines for the commencement of the mass […]
Confirmed: registration for national ID card starts on 1st November 2018, see details here
The national roll-out of the registration exercise will commence on 1st November 2018 at Adentan and Madina in the Greater Accra Region. In all, some 2,700 Commissioners of Oath who will be superintending over the process have been recruited. The Judicial Service of Ghana also completed a rigorous interview of these Commissioners on Friday 12 October […]