The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced plans to begin nationwide Ghana Card registration for children aged 6 to 14 starting in September.

This move comes after the successful registration of 18 million Ghanaians aged 15 and above.

Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof. Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah, shared that the registration process for younger Ghanaians has already been successfully piloted in the Eastern and Central regions.

The authority is now prepared to expand the initiative across the entire country, ensuring that all citizens, regardless of age, are included in the national identification system.

“We have started looking at Ghanaians aged between 6 and 14 years because the mass registration and the continuous registration captured Ghanaians 15 years and above,” Prof. Attafuah stated.

He emphasised the importance of this new phase and highlighted the lessons learned from the pilot programs, which have informed the NIA’s strategy moving forward.

“We are now turning our attention to those below the age of 16. Between July 20 and July 23, we piloted the registration of this cohort of the population in the Eastern and Central regions. Based on that, we have learned some lessons and are retooling our mechanism to begin the registration of this class of people,” Prof. Attafuah explained.