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The exercise, aimed at registering Ghanaians aged 15 and over, will begin in the Volta region today from 22 July to 14 August 2019.
Then registrations will continue in the adjacent Oti region from August 22nd of this year.
NIA Communications Officer Francis Palmdeti, Assistant Commissioner for Immigration (CAI), who revealed this information to the Daily Graphic on Friday, said the NIA team was optimistic about at the registration of at least 80% of the targeted population of the region in the registration. period.
He added that the logistics and preparations needed to ensure a smooth registration process had been carried out.
Exercise
The NIA has begun the exercise of registration of the national identity card, known as the Ghana map, in the Greater Accra region after registering some key state institutions such as as the office of the president, parliament and other ministries, departments and agencies (MDA). .
Exercise in the region has, however, been fraught with challenges, including long queues of potential registrants, network failures, allegations of illegal payments to NIA officials and meetings. with strangers.
Insurance
Mr. Palmdeti badured that the NIA had learned some useful lessons from the exercise in the Volta region.
"Some of the problems were human factors, especially when many people rushed and queued at night to be registered the next day.
Such a trend is difficult to regulate, but we want people to know that if they are not able to register for the mbad registration exercise, they will have the opportunity to participate in this registration exercise. continuous at the district level; people should not be agitated at all, "he said.
In dealing with network problems, Mr Palmdeti said the NIA had taken steps to postpone the printing of cards in the event of network failure.
"We hope that centers in the Volta region will have good access to Internet connectivity, but if we encounter a network problem and are unable to print maps instantly, we will postpone printing," she said. he indicated.
interventions
Mr Palmdeti said the NIA created in each region what is called printing farms in order to serve as a center for delayed card printing.
He urged members of the public to cooperate with the NIA's registry officials to avoid some of the problems.
"We want to urge people not to queue, do not influence your officials with money to be registered because the registration is free, do not take steps to non-Ghanaians because it's criminal, "Palmdeti added.
Context
Mbad registration of eligible Ghanaians for the Ghana Card began on Monday, April 29th with the Greater Accra region and ended on Saturday, July 6th of this year.
Eighty-five percent of Ghanaians should be captured at the end of the mbad exercise.
Applicants must provide either an authentic birth certificate or a valid Ghanaian pbadport. or a valid citizenship certificate acquired, with a Ghana Post digital address code as mandatory documents.
In addition, information on the applicant's national health insurance card, voter ID card, driving license and biometric social security and social security card (SSNIT) are entered.
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