General News of Saturday, 30 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comWhere are the Ghana ID cards? – Bentil ‘shakes tables’play videoKofi Bentil is the Vice-President of policy think tank IMANIThe National Identification Authority (NIA) faces fresh pressure to produce national ID cards hyped as Ghana’s most reliable solution to a crisis of determining nationality. The Ghana ID card has been presented to Ghanaians as the all-purpose ID that contains biometric information and will be required for accessing a host of social services including health, education, pensions, passport services and business registration. The Ghana Card is expected to bring an end to the existing era of several bodies have built their peculiar database and issued their own cards. The Card, he said, is a more credible means of identification for voters than the biometric voter’s ID cards.

Source: GhanaWeb March 30, 2019 15:00 UTC