National Identification System

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Somewhere in February of 2008, we had series of trainings and workshops at the Accra Training College which actually prepared us for this particular exercise. It all began when news started going round about the introduction of the National Identification System which will help the country in so many ways.

The National Identification System (NIS), will provide easy identification verification and information validation for passport issuance and renewal authentication.

Ghanaians living abroad can expect prompt service delivery when they can prove their nationality by producing their national identity cards at the various Ghana missions and Consulates abroad.

The “Ghanacard” will easily help in establishing the identities of Ghanaians resident abroad in difficult situations like emergency evacuations, and registration for voting.

The NIS and the use of the “Ghanacard” will both be helpful in preventing fraudulent uses of other national and official documents for identification purposes.

The ability of Ghana’s diplomatic missions to protect Ghanaian nationals abroad will be considerably enhanced by the NIS as it will provide them with incontrovertible or verifiable information in a timely fashion.

NIS will help eliminate corrupt and fraudulent practices that people engage in to have police criminal report issued from Ghana so as to attain permanent resident status.

The National Identification System will ensure efficiency in the operations of both public and private organizations. Through the national identification system, we will be able to:

• Plan National Development based on up-to-date demographic data; and
• Verify and Authenticate (with precision) the identities of people that we do business with.

Specifically, the NIS will offer a more reliable means for verifying people's identity when they:

• Apply for admission to schools
• Open bank accounts
• Receive remittances
• Register their businesses
• Apply for passports
• Attend hospitals.... etc

We therefore appeal to you to consider the National Identification System as your own program and participate in the registration process when the time comes. We need your support to make this program a success!