Interior Ministry gives banks, telcos and hospitals until November 2 to end Ghana Card photocopying

Announcing the new measures at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, the Minister for the Interior, Mr Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, said the amended regulations were introduced to strengthen the country's identity verification system and prevent the misuse of personal information.

Under the amended regulations, organisations are no longer permitted to request, retain, reproduce or rely on photocopies, scanned copies or images of the Ghana Card for identity verification.2523) on June 9, 2026, the government has given banks, telecommunications companies, hospitals, schools and other institutions until November 2, 2026, to stop requesting photocopies of Ghana Cards for identity verification and adopt biometric authentication.