The National Identification Authority is a Government of Ghana agency mandated to officially provide national identity credential to all citizens of Ghana and foreign residence in the country. The authority has the power to do so for both Ghanaians and foreigners.[1] The Authority is headquartered in Accra and headed by Ken Attafuah.[1]
With a population of 30, 8000, 000, NIA has registered 17, 385, 548 citizens, printed 16, 753,909 ID cards and issued 16,111,846 ID cards.[2]