Ghanaian Children To Be Issued With Ghana Cards At Birth - Bawumia | General News

Children born within the first quarter of 2023 in Ghana can be issued with National ID playing cards (Ghana playing cards), Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed.

Dr Bawumia made this identified on November 3, 2022, when he chaired a gathering on the mixing of the databases of the Ghana Health Service, National Health Insurance Authority, National Identification Authority, and the Ghana Statistical Service.

He mentioned the brand new course of for issuing playing cards was a part of a year-long effort to combine the databases.

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"Today, I chaired a meeting the integration of the databases of the Ghana Health Service, National Health Insurance Authority, National Identification Authority, the Ghana Statistical Service. We have been working on this for a year now," Dr Bawumia tweeted.

"As a product of the work, I am happy to announce that from the end of the first quarter of next year, children born in Ghana will be issued a National ID card (Ghanacard) number from birth as is done in many advanced nations" .

The Ghana Card is the first and sole identification card for SIM re-registration and for different official necessities in state and a few personal establishments.