National Identification Authority

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced that it will start Ghana Card registrations for persons aged 6 to 14 in September. The authority states that, having successfully registered 18 million Ghanaians above the age of 15, it is now ready to extend the registration process to those below 15 years. Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof. Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah, indicates that the initiative has already been piloted in the Eastern and Central regions and is now prepared for a nationwide rollout. “We have started looking at Ghanaians aged between 6 and 14 years because the mass registration and the…

The National Identification Authority (NIA) staff has ended their strike, which began on Monday, June 10. In a press release on Wednesday, the staff attributed their decision to interventions from the Minister for National Security, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), the National Labour Commission, and public concerns. The staff mentioned that the FWSC assured them of genuine engagement regarding their service conditions. “This gesture will be put to the test on Friday, June 14, 2024. Members are therefore assured that, if at the close of negotiations on Friday, the government fails to demonstrate true faith by granting us Institution…

In a recent series of visits to NIA Regional offices across the nation, Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), engaged with staff to bolster their dedication to the National Identification System (NIS) Project. The tour, which began on June 6th, covered 16 regional offices including Ho, Dambai, Tamale, Bolgatanga, Nalerigu, Wa, Damongo, Techiman, Takoradi, Cape Coast, Kumasi, Sunyani, Goaso, Sefwi-Wiawso and Accra. Prof. Attafuah's interactions with the 16 Regional and 276 District Registration Officers shed light on concerns over conditions of service and the sustainability of the NIS Project. Addressing the challenges stemming from…

A startling 148,000  government workers out of a total of 602,000 workers on the payroll of the Controller and Accountant Generals Department have been found to have identifications which do not match any biometric identification at the National Identification Authority,  after a biometric audit by the Controller and Accountant General Department, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed. Addressing the 2022 Internal Audit Agency Conference in Accra  on Tuesday August 16, Dr. Bawumia also revealed the Controller General's biometric audit also found 533 workers on government payroll with multiple identities. The Vice President, who was speaking on the Conference's theme…