The National Identification Authority (NIA), has extended its registration exercise in the Adentan Municipality in Greater Accra Region.
The exercise which was expected to end last Friday will now end on Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
Registration and instant issuance of the National Identification cards also known as Ghana card began in Adenta on November 5, 2018.
The exercise experienced some technical challenges as well as issues with digital address codes which was a prerequisite for the registration.
Most applicants ought to have generated their digital addressing codes prior to registration, but visited the registration centres without such codes.
The NIA released a statement indicating that the registration has been extended for three more days but did not give reasons for the decision.
“The National Identification Authority (NIA), wishes to inform the general public that it will extend the ongoing pilot registration exercise in Adentan Municipality by three (3) days. Accordingly, the pilot registration exercise in Adentan will end on Wednesday, 28th November 2018.â€
The statement signed by Head of Corporate Affairs at NIA, Francis Palmdeti, said the exercise will be extended to neighbouring La Nkwantanang/Madina Municipality from 3rd-22nd December 2018.
“The pilot registration exercise in the La Nkwantanang/Madina Municipality will take place as scheduled, i.e., from 3rd to 22nd December 2018,†he added.
So far, 104, 000 residents of Adentan have registered and issued Ghana cards out of a population of 113,973.
The NIA prior to exercise at Adentan registered officials at the Presidency, Parliament, former presidents excluding John Mahama as well as some government institutions, giving out over 80,000 cards.
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