No Ghana Card, No Salary: Controller and Accountant General warns
The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), has announced that effective February 2024, salaries of workers on its payroll who are yet to furnish the department with their NIA numbers will be seized. This follows a series of meetings with relevant stakeholders which agreed on timelines to ensure special registration for government workers without NIA […]
Parliament rejects EC’s proposed CI …seeking to make Ghana Card sole identity document for voter registration
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Members of Ghana’s Parliament have unanimously rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC) proposed Constitutional Instrument (CI), on the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2023 seeking to make the Ghana Card the sole identity document for voter registration. However, the House has directed Ghana’s electoral management body to present a new one with […]
NIA starts printing backlog of Ghana cards
The National Identification Authority, NIA, has started printing the backlog of 541,529 cards, which dates back to July 2022. The printing of the cards was suspended due to financial constraints. A statement issued by the NIA, said the resumption of the printing follows the payment of 100 million cedis by government to CalBank PLC, which […]
Ghana card will not replace voter’s ID card on day of voting – EC
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Jean Mensa, has reiterated that the Ghana Card will not be used as replacement for the voter’s ID but only a requirement which will identify one as a Ghanaian eligible to vote. She said the Ghana Card will be used in the registration process since it captures […]
NIA ready to meet Ghana Card target if Finance Ministry clears debt – NIA Boss
By: Roberta Gayode Modin The proposal to introduce a new Constitutional Instrument (C.I) to make the Ghana Card the sole identification document for voter registration for the 2024 election has generated debate among Ghanaians with Minority Parliamentarians kicking against the decision. A major argument by the Minority was that a significant section of Ghanaians have […]
EC justifies use of Ghana Card as sole document to acquire Voters’ ID
By: Edzorna Francis Mensah The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa has justified the need to use the Ghana Card as the only document to be used to acquire Voters’ identification cards as contained in the new Constitutional Instrument (CI) yet to be laid before, Parliament. Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, 28th February 2023 […]
SIM Card matters: Ghanaians Speak up!
By: Adiza Bawa and Jacob Aggrey The National Identification Authority, NIA has been accused of delays in the printing, issuance, and distribution of Ghana cards to clients. Meanwhile, the government has limited and blocked unregistered Ghanaians from the usage of certain services for failure to register their SIMs, given that the said persons have been […]
Make Ghana Card acquisition process faster – EC to NIA
SOURCE: GRAPHICONLINE The Electoral Commission (EC) has called on the National Identification Authority (NIA) to accelerate the pace of the printing of Ghana cards to make it easy for people to acquire their cards, as they will soon be the only form of ID for voter registration. This follows the confirmation by the EC that […]
No Ghana card, no vote – EC warns prospective voters
SOURCE: Myjoyonline The Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Asare has warned prospective voters to obtain a Ghana card since that will be a requirement for voting in the 2024 election. Speaking in an interview in Accra, Dr. Asare said without a Ghana card, one will not […]
Deadline for SIM Card – Ghana Card merger won’t be extended – Communications Minister
By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu The Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has warned that the deadline for the merger of SIM Cards and Ghana Cards, which is the 31st of this month remains unchanged emphasizing that the date will not be changed. According to her, since commencement of the registration exercise, 12 million people […]
