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Animations from Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Source: primenewsghana.com

2019-07-16

The National Identification Authority (NIA) requires foreigners $ 120 each for a Ghanaian non-citizen card.

This has raised concerns among the foreign community in the country who said the amount was outrageous as they were already charged fees for renewal of residence permits.

The NIA, in an advertisement published in the Daily Graphic last week, said: "The National Identification Authority (NIA), in accordance with the 2008 National Identification Register Act ( Law No. 750), LI 2111, registers all foreign nationals residing in Ghana for 90 days. or more and issuing the non-citizen Ghana card issued at any FIMS (Foreign Identification Management System) registration center.

"The Ghana map, non-citizen, must be used for ALL transactions requiring identification. Eligible foreign nationals who do not have a Ghanaian non-citizen card break the law and may be denied access to basic services in Ghana, "said the advertisement.

The NIA has stated that all foreign nationals living in Ghana over the age of six are required to register for the card, with the exception of "foreign nationals and their families working for the United Nations". embbadies and consulates ".

Meanwhile, the International Spouses Association of Ghana (ISAG), an badociation of spouses of Ghanaian citizens, also protests against this initiative. They questioned the relevance of the card because they already have identity documents with the same details as those on the cards.

The content according to which they should not be included in the category of expatriates because they fall into a single category because of the fact that they are married.

Spokesperson of the International Association of Spouses of Ghana, Katie Danquah, said: "While we fully support the goal of creating a new national electronic and electronic identification register that will allow the Government to put in place a plan for all people living in Ghana, we firmly believe that foreign spouses of citizens of Ghana can not be placed in the same categories as all other foreigners, "she said.

She added that "the special circumstances of foreign spouses entitle them to equal treatment in the socio-economic laws that benefit their Ghanaian counterparts."