The information reaching our news desk has it that it is now an offence to photocopy or visually inspect a Ghana Card for transactions.
This comes after the National Identity Register amended its rules, making it an offence to photocopy Ghana Cards for transactions under the National Identity Register (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 (LI 2523).
The updated regulation states emphatically that, henceforth, Biometric verification is compulsory: “Biometric verification is now mandatory.”
It noted that, anyone who commits such a crime is expected to pay at least 500 penalty units and up to 2,000 penalty units.’”
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It is now an offence to photocopy or visually inspect a Ghana Card for a transaction. Biometric
verification is now MANDATORY. An organization that contravenes this order commits an offence and faces a fine of at least 500 penalty units and
up to 2,000 units on summary conviction.
Individual penalty units range from 50 to 500. This follows the maturity of the LI 2111 amendment, which was introduced in Parliament three months ago and
gazetted today. The Honourable Minister in charge of the National Identification Authority will address the public in the coming days about the steps being taken to enforce this
amendment. In the meantime, you can apply to be onboarded onto the NIA Identity Verification Platform by sending an email to
[email protected]
