Bawumia Announces Ghana Card Numbers For New Borns; Real Card To Be Issued At Age 6

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that all newborn babies birthed in Ghana will have a Ghana card number within a few months.

Dr Bawumia said the actual card will be issued when the child is above age 6 when the biometrics are fully formed.

In a report filed by Starrnews.com, Bawumia said that forms part of digital reforms being undertaken at the Births and Deaths Registry.

This he said would make it more in tune with the times and provide better protected information on the citizens and residents of Ghana.

The Vice President, who made the disclosure while speaking on the theme “TRANSFORMING AN ECONOMY THROUGH DIGITALIZATION- THE GHANA STORY” on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at the Ashesi University, Berekuso, said the transformation at the Birth and Deaths Registry was welcome news.

“Easily one of the most depressing visits I have paid to a government office during my time as Vice President was to the Births and Deaths Registry headquarters. There clearly was insufficient investment in the institution. It was messy and it was sad. It turned out that the Births and Deaths Registry had three separate databases as registers for births and deaths and these databases were in silos. It is not surprising therefore that corruption and fake birth certificates thrived in this environment,” he noted.

“Thankfully, the process of digitization of the records is almost complete and the three databases have been cleaned up and integrated. Furthermore, we are integrating the births and deaths register with the databases of Ghana Health Service, National Identification Authority, Ghana Statistical Service, Immigration and the Police so that the record of births and deaths should be consistent across all these databases.”

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