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As the deadline for Ghanaian workers to merge their Social Security and National Insurance Trust ( SSNIT) with the Ghana Card ended Thursday on June 30, the authority said the process had been impressive as SSNIT recorded an impressive uptake of the numbers. The deadline for the merger was extended
The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has warned that fraudsters are taking undue advantage of the exercise to link the Ghana Card to bank accounts. EOCO said these fraudsters send messages to suspecting customers demanding their bank account details, Mobile App PIN and Mobile numbers. A st
Ningo Prampram Lawmaker, Samuel Nartey George has criticized the directive of the Government and the Bank of Ghana (BoG) that beginning July 1, only the Ghana Card will be used as identification document for all financial transactions. In the view of Sam George, the Ghana Card cannot be the only ide
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has told Parliament that the GhanaCard is not an E-passport. She said this on the floor of the House Tuesday June 14 when asked by the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu whether the GhanaCard is an e-passport. She said
Customers of banks who are yet to update their records with the Ghana Card have less than 20 days to do so or else they risk not being able to engage in any financial transaction through their accounts. Some banks including Stanbic, have started sending messages to their customers reminding them of
Banks are reminding Ghanaians of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) directive to link their Ghana Cards to their bank accounts before the deadline. Customers who fail to link their cards to the accounts will not be able to engage in financial transactions, according to the Central bank. Stanbic Bank in a messa
A Nigerian whose name has been given as Usman Emmanuel has been slapped with a fine of GH¢3,000 by the Asokore Mampong District Magistrate Court for posing as a Ghanaian to register for the National ID Card, popularly known as Ghana Card. Carrying a Ghanaian birth certificate, Usman Emmanuel went th
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Banks and Financial Institution operating in Ghana have reminded customers of the directive by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) regarding the use of of the GhanaCard as the only form of identification for financial transaction staring July 1. Stanbic Bank in a message to customers said "In accordance with BO
Executive Secretary to the Vice President, Mr Augustine Blay, has revealed that Ghana attempted to get a national identity card in the form of the GhanaCard in 1973 but failed. A second attempt was made in 1987 but failed again, he said. However President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Vice Pre
The Spokesperson of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr Gideon Boako, insists that Wednesday's certification ceremony at the Montreal, Canada headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to have Ghana's National Identity card, the Ghana Card, captured in the Organization's
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has described as "incorrect" media reports that it has agreed that the Ghana's National Identity card, the Ghana Card, is equivalent to an electronic passport. It clarified that that decision can only be made by Ghana's government as "it is the so
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has denied knowledge of the widely circulated report that Ghana’s National Identity Card, the Ghana Card, is set to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport. Speaking on Akoma FM’s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma Thursday, Feb
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has on Wednesday February 9 given its seal of approval for Ghana’s National Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport. Now, holders of the Ghana Card, as well as its future biometric equivalents, can present it
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Bankers Association, John Awuah has expressed optimism that more Ghanaians will be able to obtain their Ghana Card before July 1 this year which is the deadline for the directive by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) that only Ghana Card is going to be accepted as the form
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is ready to adopt the Ghana card as the only document to prove one’s citizenship in the next voter registration exercise. Dr Serebour Quaicoe, Director, Electoral Services at the EC, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that the Commission had already reac
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) already has biometric verification for all public sector workers therefore the Controller and Accountant General's Department (CAGD) does not need workers to obtain a Ghana Card for verification proposes before they are paid salaries, Ningo Prampram Lawmaker, Samuel Nar
Labour unions in Ghana say they were not consulted in the decision by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) to stop the salary payment of government workers if they do not possess a Ghana card by December 1. The unions say even though the motive is good one, the timing is wrong s
