The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced that it will begin the Ghana Card registration for minors aged between 6 and 14 years, starting on October 7, 2024.
This initiative is part of the government's effort to ensure every citizen is included in the national identification system.
Speaking at a Stakeholder Engagement in Accra on September 26, 2024, Deputy Director of Operations at the NIA, Alfred Gazari, indicated that the exercise would be conducted in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Authority, (NHIA) in 170 operational districts across the country. "These are the districts that we are going to operate from October 7 up till March for the first phase.
In the same districts the NHIA, also have their staff, because we are going to use their staff in addition to our temporary staff, we are going to deploy for the exercise," he explained.