The National Identification Authority (NIA) has advised persons without devices to generate the digital address to seek assistance from the nearest Ghana post offices.
Persons without these devices were turned away from the various registration centres after they could not generate their digital addresses.
The NIA, however, said post offices across the country have offline devices which generate the digital address without internet connectivity.
The Head of Corporate Affairs at the NIA, Francis Palmdeti thus urged applicants to seek assistance at these offices.
“I have been informed that the Ghana Post has what we call offline devices which have been given to officials at various centres. These devices do not need internet connectivity to generate codes. They can go to the nearest Post Office and officials there will assist them to generate their codes.”
The NIA began the mass issuance of National Identification Cards on Monday, April 29, 2019.
The Authority has already been undertaking selective registration exercises in Accra for a few months.
At an Economic Management Team town hall meeting, Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia noted that 500,000 cards have already been issued.
“The introduction of National ID Cards is a game changer despite its teething challenges. So far about 500,000 cards have been issued, covering public sector institutions and the two pilot constituencies of Adentan and Madina. The mass issuance should resume at the end of April.”
The Ghana Card is one of the Akufo-Addo administration’s attempts to formalise the economy.
The project is expected to cost $1.2 billion.
The Ghana ID card has been touted as the all-purpose ID that contains biometric information.
Registration and instant issuance of the National Identification cards began in Adentan on November 5, 2018, amidst technical challenges.
There was supposed to be a three-week window for citizens to register.
The authority has also had to employ the services of Commissioners of Oaths for the process of swearing oaths and making of affirmations by relatives of persons who do not have birth certificates or passports, the two mandatory documents needed for the registration of the Ghana Card.