We Have The Capacity To Print All Outstanding Ghana Cards - NIA Boss

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) says his outfit is capable of printing all outstanding Ghana Cards. According to Prof Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, the NIA has the capacity to print the about 2.5million cards yet to be printed. “This can be done in six months,” Prof Attafuah assured.

He said 50,000 Ghana Cards can be printed on a daily basis with 500 printers. This, he explained, is because the Authority has “the capacity and has over 1,000 functional printers, we have people who are trained.” “That means that in 11 days we can do the 541,000 cards.

There are absolutely no reasons for anyone to doubt that ...and as soon as we have the cards, in two days we can have the cards in every nook and cranny of this country where there is a regional or district office,” he assured. His comments follow complaints over outstanding Ghana Cards.

Speaking on  Saturday, Prof Agyemang Attafuah said as of February 19th, the NIA has over 17 million people registered for the Ghana Card. However, there are 541,521 cards that have not been printed. The printing challenge, he said is due to financial difficulties.

Prof Attafuah added that the private partner in the arrangement is owed a considerable amount of money hence the refusal to release the Ghana Cards to the NIA. The NIA boss, however, stated that government on Friday cleared some of the debt, therefore NIA is hopeful that “going into next week, cards will be released.