The National Identification Authority (NIA) has expressed regret that it failed to commence registration and issuance of Ghana Card yesterday starting from selected institutions as planned.
According to the authority, the National Identification System suffered a technical hitch which has affected the NIA’s ability to commence roll-out as scheduled.
Acting Director of Corporate Affairs of NIA, Seven Assistant commissioners of Immigration (ACI) Francis Palmdeti in a statement said details of the technical difficulties would be communicated to the general public in due course.
“Our technical team is working fervently to resolve the issue for registration to begin.
“Under the circumstance registration was suspended today until the problem is completely resolved.
“The NIA unreservedly apologises to the personnel of the following institutions who were to begin registration this morning at 7:00am for the inconvenience they have had to endure:
“They are Jubilee House, Judicial Service, Ministry of Defence, National Security, Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), MOFARI (Research Dept), Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Prison Service, Ghana National Fire Service.
“The NIA wishes to assure these institutions that every effort would be made to cover any lost time by deploying enough registration officials and equipment to undertake the exercise. Once again, we sincerely apologise for the inconveniences caused”, it said.
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