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NIA Nationwide Card Issuance and Mop-up registration date out

The National Identification Authority has indicated that it has commenced its nationwide card issuance and mop-up registration. This was contained in a press release. Check it below

NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY

15th June 2020
To All Media Houses

For immediate release

CARD ISSUANCE AND MOP-UP REGISTRATION EXERCISES

CARD ISSUANCE
The Ghana Card Issuance Exercise by the National Identification Authority (NIA) commenced on Wednesday, 10th June 2020 at 5,635 registration centres across the country and is set to continue till Thursday, 18th June 2020. The exercise will enable approximately 3,934,073 Ghanaians who could not receive their cards during the mass registration exercise to do so. The cards are being issued to Ghanaians at the same centres where they registered during the mass registration exercise. Nearly 800,000 Ghanaians have received the Ghana Card since the exercise began last Wednesday, 10th June 2020.

All persons who registered but have not received their Ghana Cards are requested to go to the registration centre where they registered to pick up their card. To receive the card, a Ghanaian must present the registration application form, the print out or receipt given at the time of registration, or provide other relevant information to be cross-checked against his/her photograph and personal details contained in a Registration Centre Album.

Any Ghanaian with concerns about the card issuance process may contact NIA on any of the following: WhatsApp 0205044793; Call – 0302-738-333, 0242438615.

By the end of the exercise on 18th June 2020, over 11million Ghanaians will possess the Ghana Card which they may use for social, economic and political purposes. Out of that number, a total of 10,295,578 Ghanaians will be aged 18 years and over.
CONTINUATION OF MASS REGISTRATION IN THE EASTERN REGION
NIA will continue the Mass Registration in Eastern Region which was suspended on 21st March 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exercise will take place from 18th – 27th June 2020.

NIA Nationwide Card Issuance and Mop-up registration date out

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MOP-UP MASS REGISTRATION EXERCISE
NIA will also embark on a mop-up mass registration exercise throughout the country, except in the Eastern Region. Below is the registration schedule for the mop-up exercise:

REGIONS
START
END
1.
Upper East
18/06/2020
3/07/2020
2.
Upper West
18/06/2020
3/07/2020
3.
Northern
10/07/2020
24/07/2020
4.
North East
10/07/2020
24/07/2020
5.
Savannah
10/07/2020
24/07/2020
6.
Central
4/07/2020
23/07/2020

NIA Nationwide Card Issuance and Mop-up registration date out

7.
Western
4/07/2020
23/07/2020
8.
Western North
4/07/2020
23/07/2020
9.
Volta
30/07/2020
9/08/2020
10.
Oti
30/07/2020
9/08/2020
11.
Ashanti
30/07/2020
13/08/2020
12.
Greater Accra
16/08/2020
29/08/2020
13.
Bono
20/08/2020
4/09/2020
14.
Bono East
20/08/2020
4/09/2020
15.
Ahafo
20/08/2020
4/09/2020