- Beginning in December of this year, more than 2.5 million Ghanaians who are 15 years of age or older and do not yet possess a Ghana Card will have the chance to obtain one and be registered on the national identity register.
- The National Identification Authority (NIA) is offering the chance through its next continuous registration campaign, which is the last effort to enroll the remaining 20 million or so members of the first cohort who are above the age of 14.
- In addition to other services, they will be able to effectively engage in transactions that they are currently unable to do on their own without the Ghana Card, such as banking, paying taxes, purchasing and selling land, securing national health insurance, drivers’ licenses, SIM cards, and passports.
- Data sourced from the NIA showed that 17.56 million Ghanaians, aged 15 and above, out of the 30.8 million population have been registered as of October 31, 2023.
- Officials say more than 17.51 million cards have been printed, out of which 16.62 million have been issued, with 895,000 of the printed cards ready to be issued, but that the owners have not made themselves available to receive them.
- A total of 101,000 persons have had their registration blocked or arrested while an investigation is ongoing because they attempted to register more than once. Approximately 49,000 applicants’ cards have not yet been created for a variety of technical reasons.
