Ghana Card: NIA to Resume Free Registration of New Applicants

The National Identification Authority has announced that it will resume registration of first-time applicants from 28th August 2023. 

The announcement was made in a press release dated 23rd August, 2023 by the the Public Affairs Directorate. 

Per the release, the NIA the indicated that the "registration and issuance of Ghana Cards to Ghanaians aged 15 years and above who are first-time applicants free of cost. This service will be available to such qualified applicants at eight (8) out of NIA’s 16 Regional Regional Offices and all 276 District Offices of the NIA nationwide."

The NIA further revealed that the resumption of the registration exercise has become possible due to the receipt of 484,000 blank cards from its technical partners, Identity Management Systems II Limited (IMS II) and CalBank PLC following an initiative by the Ministry of Finance. 

The registration will be in two phases, with the first phase lasting a total of ten (10) working days beginning on Monday, 28th August 2023 and ending on Friday, 8th September 2023. This phase will be reserved exclusively for Public Sector Workers on the GoG payroll who are yet to register for the Ghana Card.

The second phase which is the open registration will begin on Monday, 11th September 2023 for all Ghanaians aged 15 years and above who have not yet applied for the Ghana Card. During this period, citizens who wish to replace their lost, stolen or damaged Ghana Cards or to correct their names or dates of birth may do so in accordance with law at any of the NIA’s 286 Operational Offices nationwide offering the free registration. 

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