The National Identification Authority (NIA) will today, Friday, 29 April 2022, close some specially designated registration points for the Ghana Card.

This is a result of a decline in the number of persons registering at the various special registration points.

According to the NIA, the decline in the number of registrants does not “justify the expense of maintaining” them.

The centres include Accra Sports Stadium, Kumasi Sports stadium, Tamale Sports Stadium, Ho Sports Stadium, Sunyani Coronation Park and Old Catholic Church, Pedu, Cape Coast.

The NIA opened the special registration points in February 2022 to meet the growing demand for the Ghana Card due to the 31 March 2022 deadline for the SIM Card reregistration.

A statement issued by the NIA explained that the numbers have dwindled following the extension of the deadline for the SIM Card re-registration to 31 July, 2022.

“The dramatic decline in daily registration figures from over 40,000 in mid-March to under 5,000 in mid-April does not justify the expense of maintaining these special registration points.”

The NIA said all its 276 operational district offices and 16 regional offices, however, remain open during official working hours, including the premium registration centres at the Headquarters and CAL Bank Head Office in Accra.

The NIA urged anyone who registered for the Ghana Card at the special registration points, except Accra Sports Stadium, and is yet to receive their cards to “visit the NIA’s regional office where they registered for their Cards.”

The Authority said the applicants who registered at the Accra Sports Stadium and do not receive their Cards by the close of Friday, would “have the Cards issued to them at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra.”

The “El-Wak Sports Stadium remains open to provide services for Card replacement and personal records update.”

The NIA also urged persons who have not yet registered for their Ghana Card to “do so ahead of the due dates announced by various state institutions.”

Source: classfmonline.com