The National Identification Authority (NIA) has registered 2,902,526 eligible Ghanaians for the Ghana Card in the Greater Accra, Volta and Oti regions since the registration started on June 4, last year.
It said out of the figure, 2,590,526 cards had been printed and 1,718,021 cards had been issued to applicants in the three regions as of September 14, 2019.Â
Mr Francis Palmdeti, Head of Corporate Affairs of the NIA, said that 556,559 people had been registered in the Volta Region, with 523,984 cards printed and 395,175 issued as of September 14, 2019.
In the Oti Region, he said, 387,057 people had been registered with 236,348 cards printed and 187,643 cards issued since registration started in that particular region on August 22, 2019.
Mr Palmdeti said the mass registration exercise ended on Saturday, September 14 in the Oti Region.
However, all registration centres with backlogs of cards will continue to be printed and issued to applicants from Monday, September 16 to Friday, September 20.
He said registration centres in the Volta Region where mop-up was conducted will also continue to issue printed cards to applicants at the centres they registered from Monday, September 16 to Friday, September 20, but no new registrations will be done.
 NIA to embark on mass registration of foreigners
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has begun a mass registration of foreign nationals living in Ghana from Monday, September 9 – Thursday, October 31, 2019. The exercise will take place at the Accra International Conference Centre from 8 am to 4 pm each day
The exercise is aimed at registering and issuing all foreign nationals with the “mandatory†non-citizen Ghana card, a statement by the NIA said.
It said foreign nationals without a non-citizen Ghana card would be in breach of the law (NIR Act 2008, Act 750, L.I. 2111) and would be refused access to essential services in Ghana such as residence permits, student visas, and banking transactions.
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It further cautioned foreign nationals not to attempt to register as a Ghanaian during the ongoing national registration exercise.
“The NIA would like to remind all foreign nationals that attempting to register as a Ghanaian during the ongoing national registration is illegal,†it said.
Source: GNA