The National Identification Authority (NIA) has disclosed that more than 100,000 Ghanaians are under investigation for allegedly attempting to register multiple times for the Ghana Card.

Appearing before the Assurances Committee of Parliament, NIA's Executive Secretary, Prof Kenneth Attafuah, reported that it has successfully enrolled approximately 18.2 million Ghanaians into the national registry, but nearly 560,000 cards are yet to be issued.

“In the case of total enrollments, 18, 145, 839 Ghanaians registered onto the national identity register, and the total number of cards printed is indicated at 17.882 million, and the total issued, 17,323,416.”

“Mr Chairman, the total number of cards not issued to Ghanaians as at the date of compilation of this report, which was the 20th of August 2024 is 559,457 and cards that have been cleared and ready to be printed stands at 151,896.”

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"We have a total of 110,936 as a number of Ghanaians who have attempted multiple registration, and therefore, whose cards have gone into delinquency and are being investigated," he said.

The NIA also revealed that it has extended its registration services to Ghanaians living abroad.

The authority, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, is set to pilot the overseas registration program in Ottawa, Canada.

“We chose Canada for a strategic reason. We wanted a place where we would test the robustness, the acuteness of our technical system that we've designed with partnership with our technical partners. We wanted a place where the majority of the people who will come before us seeking to register will be persons possessing the two fundamental of these documents, birth certificate or a passport.”

“The banking process, which will require the use of the registration via the internet. The whole registration of Ghanaians overseas is based on the use of the internet. People going online. Applying online, making the payment online, and then presenting themselves physically,” he said.