Cape Coast, Feb. 24, GNA – To ease the difficulties associated with the Ghana Card registration exercise and shore up the numbers, the Central Regional office of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has created mini-mass registration centres to expedite the process.

However, the six-week exercise which started on Monday, February 21 and expected to end on Thursday, March 31, was yet to make significant impact in the Region.

This was because four days into the exercise, officials continued to record very low patronage much to their frustration.

Officials told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Thursday, that the Pedu centres were barely doing 90 registrations in a day instead of the projected 300.

The GNA could not count to 40 people when it visited the centres around 09:40 hours on Thursday.

At the Regional and the Cape Coast North district offices people had massed up for new registrations and card replacements.

Mr Evans Dacosta Ampomah, an official, said they had done a little over 300 registrations since Monday.

“If the numbers are many, we can register 100 people per team and that is 300 in day. But they are not coming and so the numbers are not even up to 100 in a day”, he said and blames it on the lack of publicity.

Consequently, Mr Ampomah urged new applicants to make use of the mini-mass registrations centres, regardless of where they lived in the region instead of crowding at the district offices.

“You get your card instantly. All that we are expecting is that those who have not registered, come to the old Catholic Church at Pedu Junction in Cape Coast in their numbers to register.

“You must come along with your GPS address and in case you don’t have a birth certificate, then come with a guarantor who is a relative or an opinion leader who can witness for you,” he said.

He explained that the centres were registering only new applicants and therefore, those who had issues with their cards could visit the regional office and district offices.

Asked of challenges they had encountered so far, Mr Ampomah said they only faced a network problem momentarily at the beginning of the exercise which he said had long been resolved.

Some applicants who had just received their cards told the GNA that the process was quick.

“I didn’t take up to 30 minutes to finish with everything; I didn’t suffer at all,” Madam Mary Amponsah said.

Master Nasiru Ibrahim said he was asked some few questions and the process went through without any frustration.

GNA

Cape Coast, Feb. 24, GNA – To ease the difficulties associated with the Ghana Card registration exercise and shore up the numbers, the Central Regional office of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has created mini-mass registration centres to expedite the process.

However, the six-week exercise which started on Monday, February 21 and expected to end on Thursday, March 31, was yet to make significant impact in the Region.

This was because four days into the exercise, officials continued to record very low patronage much to their frustration.

Officials told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Thursday, that the Pedu centres were barely doing 90 registrations in a day instead of the projected 300.

The GNA could not count to 40 people when it visited the centres around 09:40 hours on Thursday.

At the Regional and the Cape Coast North district offices people had massed up for new registrations and card replacements.

Mr Evans Dacosta Ampomah, an official, said they had done a little over 300 registrations since Monday.

“If the numbers are many, we can register 100 people per team and that is 300 in day. But they are not coming and so the numbers are not even up to 100 in a day”, he said and blames it on the lack of publicity.

Consequently, Mr Ampomah urged new applicants to make use of the mini-mass registrations centres, regardless of where they lived in the region instead of crowding at the district offices.

“You get your card instantly. All that we are expecting is that those who have not registered, come to the old Catholic Church at Pedu Junction in Cape Coast in their numbers to register.

“You must come along with your GPS address and in case you don’t have a birth certificate, then come with a guarantor who is a relative or an opinion leader who can witness for you,” he said.

He explained that the centres were registering only new applicants and therefore, those who had issues with their cards could visit the regional office and district offices.

Asked of challenges they had encountered so far, Mr Ampomah said they only faced a network problem momentarily at the beginning of the exercise which he said had long been resolved.

Some applicants who had just received their cards told the GNA that the process was quick.

“I didn’t take up to 30 minutes to finish with everything; I didn’t suffer at all,” Madam Mary Amponsah said.

Master Nasiru Ibrahim said he was asked some few questions and the process went through without any frustration.

GNA