Ghana Card
Some residents living in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region have been compelled to queue at night in order to obtain the National Identification Card.
They sleep in the open at registration centers to enable them register for the Ghana card.
A visit by DAILY GUIDE at about 7pm, Tuesday night, at the registration center, revealed residents in queues.
Some residents, mostly women, who spoke to DAILY GUIDE, said they had no choice but to join the queue at night, to enable them go through the registration process successfully.
They, however, lamented about the rate at which they have been bitten by mosquitoes.
Some National Identification Authority (NIA) officials, who spoke to DAILY GUIDE on condition of anonymity, lamented about the rate at which the young and aged slept at the registration centers at the mercy of the weather and mosquitoes.
Meanwhile, the NIA has extended the registration period from Wednesday, 23rd October, to Wednesday, 30th October 2019, across the Savannah, North East and Northern regions.
The NIA entreated all prospective applicants to take advantage of the extension period to get registered.
The NIA, however, indicated that permanent offices would be established at the various regional, municipal and district levels by March 2020, to afford all Ghanaians who were not registered during the mass registration exercise the opportunity to get registered and be issued with the Ghana Card for free.
FROM Eric Kombat, Salaga