Don’t Allow Banks, Other Institutions to Photocopy Your Ghana Card for Verification- NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has advised the public to resist attempts by institutions like banks to photocopy their Ghana cards in any verification process.

According to the Authority, the act violates data protection guidelines.

As part of standard procedures, it said, these institutions are to subscribe to the verification platform of the NIA to get the needed information.

“Instead of subscribing to our verification platform and getting the right information, these institutions have resorted to taking the Ghana card from applicants and making photocopies.”

“We want to use this medium to plead with the public: do not allow any institution to photocopy your Ghana Card. They are supposed to approach us and get onboard, so we give them the data for them to do proper biometric verification.”

It said public cooperation in ensuring the right thing is done was important in this regard.

“We do not accept institutions that are doing ocular verification. We can only get here when the public refuses their physical Ghana cards for photocopy.”

Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/