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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced that effective August 1, 2024, all licensed Foreign Exchange Bureaux will be required to demand the Ghana Card before transacting business with any person. This was after it launched a centralised foreign exchange trading platform in line with its objective to ensure the …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that countries like the US and UK do not have an electronic national identification cards comparable to Ghana’s. Speaking to NPP supporters in Yendi, Northern Region, he stated Ghana’s advanced digitalisation. Dr Bawumia stated, “You can use the Ghana card in place of …

In a move to eliminate ghost names from the government’s payroll, the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has announced a directive to freeze the salaries of all public sector workers without Ghana Card numbers, starting February 2024, graphic.com.gh reports. The decision follows discussions with the National Identification Authority (NIA) …

Former president John Dramani Mahama has tasked immigration officials along Ghana’s western border to recognize the Ghana Card as a travel document. He says complaints of extortion by native Ghanaians, who happen to live in Ivory Coast, were not right especially so for those who show their Ghana Cards yet …

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has emphasized the government’s commitment to addressing challenges within the informal economy through the implementation of the Ghana Card, a key component of the digitalization agenda. Speaking at the 20th edition of the Ghana Club 100 Awards on Saturday, December 9, the NPP flagbearer highlighted …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has announced that it would be using the amended Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2016 (C.I. 91) for its upcoming limited voter registration, set for September 12, 2023, to October 2, 2023. This means that eligible Ghanaian voters can be registered to the …

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that babies will be issued Ghana Card at birth in July at the various hospitals. The move, he explained follows the completion of the integration of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Births and Deaths Registry databases. Speaking …

Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says persons who do not legitimately have the Ghana Card but have had their SIM cards deactivated must reach out to the National Communication Authority (NCA) for a resolution. According to her, the affected users would have to provide evidence to that effect. “In recognition of …

A Nigerian national who attempted to acquire a Ghana Card using a forged Ghanaian birth certificate with the assistance of a Ghanaian national, has been arrested, arraigned and convicted on his own plea. According to a report by the Police Investigation Unit of the National Identification Authority (NIA) dated 19 …

Parliament on Friday, 31st March 2023, has by unanimous decision, rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC) Constitutional Instrument (CI), that sought to make the Ghana card sole registration document for voting. This comes following the presentation of a report of the Committee of the Whole on the draft Public Elections (registration …