According to the Authority persons who misplace or damage their cards will be required to report to any nearby office of the NIA, pay the stipulated fee, demand for a receipt and have the card replaced.

“Replacement is GHC20 but the card itself is free”, the Director of Public Affairs at the NIA, Francis Palmdeti said.

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On Monday, they begun a mass registration exercise for the 'Ghana Card' across the country.

The NIA will use the various polling stations of the Electoral Commission to undertake the registration process.

Starting from the Adentan constituency in Accra, the process for the acquisition of the identification card will move to the Volta, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Brong Ahafo, Western, Ashanti, Eastern, Western and Central regions in that order.