The National Identification Authority has announced that its district and regional offices have been operationalized across the country to aid in the registration of persons below 15 years and individuals yet to receive their cards.
According to a Corporate Affairs Officer with the Authority Madam Pearl Akonobea Offei the new offices have been set in the districts to ease congestion and make their services more accessible to citizens in the various communities since the card has become a basic requirement in the country.
Speaking an Atlantic wave on ATL FM, Madam Pearl Akonobea Offei stressed on the need for all individuals to get registered and outlined some procedures one can go through if they require a new card, make changes to the old one or are registering for the first time.
“The first time registration, the policy is the same. You will need a birth certificate or a valid passport with your digital address code, aside this we request that any other institutional ID you have you bring it along because we are harmonizing all the data base. The offices will also provide the opportunity for update and replacement. If people get married and they take on additional names and they want it to reflect their cards for instance, bring your gazette notification to our office and we will take you through the process but I must emphasize that comes at a fee” she emphasized.
She also mentioned that the NIA is working with other cooperate organizations such as the SNNIT, births and the death registry, the banks and other organizations to enable the NIA to easily track the data of individuals.
Source: ATLFMNEWSROOM / Rosemond Asmah
