NIA investigating over 110k Ghanaians for multiple registration of Ghana Card

Over 100,000 individuals allegedly involved in multiple registrations for the Ghana Card are under investigations by the National Identification Authority (NIA).

Prof Kenneth Attafuah, the NIA’s Executive Secretary, made this known when he appeared before the Assurances Committee of Parliament, according to a myjoyonline.com report.

"We have a total of 110,936 as a number of Ghanaians who have attempted multiple registration, and therefore, whose cards have gone into delinquency and are being investigated," he said.

Additionally, he disclosed that the institution has registered and enrolled about 18.2 million Ghanaians onto the national registry.

“In the case of total enrollments, 18,145,839 Ghanaians registered onto the national identity register, and the total number of cards printed is indicated at 17.882 million, and the total issued, 17,323,416.

“Mr Chairman, the total number of cards not issued to Ghanaians as at the date of compilation of this report, which was the 20th of August 2024 is 559,457, and cards that have been cleared and ready to be printed stands at 151,896,” he added.

He further outlined plans for the NIA to commence the registration of Ghanaians in the diaspora, starting with individuals living in Canada to kickstart the initiative.

“We chose Canada for a strategic reason. We wanted a place where we would test the robustness, the acuteness of our technical system that we've designed with partnership with our technical partners. We wanted a place where the majority of the people who will come before us seeking to register will be persons possessing the two fundamental of these documents, birth certificate or a passport.

“The banking process, which will require the use of the registration via the internet. The whole registration of Ghanaians overseas is based on the use of the internet. People going online, applying online, making the payment online, and then presenting themselves physically,” he said, the report stated.

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