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19 Dec

Ghana Card: NIA Begins Premium Services At Its Ashanti, Eastern And Western Regional Offices Today

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The National Identification Authority (NIA) will on Monday, December 19, begin premium services for the Ghana Card registration exercise at three of its regional offices. These are the Ashanti, Eastern, and Western Regions. This will be in addition to the NIA Head Office and Calbanlk Head Office in Accra. “The National Identification Authority (NIA) announces for the information of the general public that effective Monday, 19th December 2022, it will offer premium registration services at its Ashanti, Eastern, and Western Regional offices. “These centres will operate in addition to the premium centres at the NIA Head Office and Calbanlk Head…

NIA Begins Issuing Cards To Refugees In Ghana

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The National Identification Authority (NIA) has commenced issuing Refugee Identity Cards to refugees living in the country. With this, the beneficiaries will be able to access some social services in the country. The acting Executive Secretary for the Ghana Refugee Board, Padi Tetteh has thus commended the Authority. Mr Tetteh said the step is in the right direction and in accordance with international conventions. “Due to the fact that we are signatories to the UN Refugee Convention and also the fact that we are governed by the Ghana Refugee Law, we are to ensure that refugees have access to social…

15.8m People Have Ghana Cards — NIA

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The National Identification Authority (NIA) has so far issued 15,826,148 Ghana cards out of the 16,627,325 printed cards from 17,109,627 registrations as of the end of August this year. Some 1,283,479 cards remain uncollected, for various reasons, including some needing updates, people unable to locate their collection points, while others are also not showing up to collect them because they “feel they have no need for them now”. Addressing a press conference in Accra last Friday, the Executive Secretary of the NIA, Professor Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah, said while his outfit admitted that there were some challenges with the issuance of…