NIA boss ordered to refund ₵98k used for payment of SSNIT penalty within one month
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Public Accounts Committee of Ghana’s Parliament has directed the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Attafuah, to refund more than GHc98,000 deducted from the Authority’s Account as penalty for the delayed transfer of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributions. The NIA, having failed to remit […]
NIA opens all district offices for free Ghana Card registration
Effective Monday, September 4, 2023, Phase II of the Ghana Card Registration exercise will commence, and all Ghanaians aged 15 years and above are eligible to register for the Ghana Card free of charge as first-time applicants at any of the National Identification Authority (NIA) 276 District Offices across the country. ”Thus, Phase II of […]
Gov’t clears NIA’s GH¢100m debt…authority to produce more cards
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Government of Ghana is said to have cleared a debt of Ghc100 million owed by the National Identification Authority (NIA) to its creditors. Due to inability by the authority to settle its debt to the creditors, over 3.5 million Ghana cards printed by the NIA were locked up in a bonded warehouse. […]
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin directs EC, NIA to brief House on Election 2024
By Augustus Acqyaye The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has served notice to the Electoral Commission and the National Identification Authority to adequately engage Parliament before coming to lay the Constitutional Instrument on the 2024 General Election. He said institutions like the EC, though independent, still must work with laid down procedures in the discharge […]
NIA registers over 480,000 Ghanaians for Ghana Card in Volta region
About 487,000 people have been registered in the Volta region by the National Identification Authority (NIA) in its mass registration exercise. Head of Corporate Affairs of the Ghana Immigration Service, Francis Palmdeti who disclosed this to the media, said the number of registrants was arrived at using daily average estimates. He said the actual figure […]
