General News of Thursday, 19 March 2020Source: rainbowradioonline.comWe’ll not suspend Ghana card registration - NIA fires backNIA Boss, Professor Ken Attafuah holding a Ghana CardThe National Identification Authority (NIA) has reacted to critics who have slammed them for refusing to suspend their registration exercise in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak. The NIA in a statement issued today [Thursday] said it has adopted a numbering and appointment system to prevent overcrowding at the registration centres. The NIA’s conduct does NOT violate the President’s directives on public gatherings in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue is not whether or not NIA should continue with the registration exercise but rather its implementation of the social distancing and personal hygiene protocols. All staff and applicants at registration centres are regularly advised by the Supervising Registration Officer (SRO) to observe the appropriate two-meter social distancing instruction, as well as personal hygiene protocols.

Source: GhanaWeb March 19, 2020 14:26 UTC