About 11 million active Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards yet to be re-registered with the Ghana Card risk disconnection and deletion tomorrow as the deadline for the exercise expires today. Following this development, hundreds of people, majority of whom are trying to register their SIMs for the first time, have thronged some National Identification Authority […]
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NIA achieves over 80 percent registration target
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 […]
Ghana Card: NIA registers 2.9m Ghanaians in 3 regions
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has registered 2.9 million (2,902,526) eligible Ghanaians for the Ghana Card in the Greater Accra, Volta and Oti regions since the registration started on June 4, 2018. 1.7m cards issued so far It said out of the figure, 2.5 million (2,590,526) cards had been printed and 1.7 million (1,718,021) cards […]
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 […]
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 […]