“No more waiting for campaigns” — NIA opens permanent child card enrollment in Volta and Oti regions

A healthcare worker in a bright patterned dress uses a portable medical device to examine a young boy seated at a table with medical equipment nearby.

By Yaw Opoku Amoako July 6, 2026

Ghana’s national identification apparatus has transitioned from episodic mass mobilisation campaigns to permanent institutional service delivery, enabling parents across the Volta and Oti Regions to secure identification documents for their children without awaiting special registration drives or seasonal interventions.

The National Identification Authority commenced the shift on July 6, 2026, integrating child Ghana Card registration into its routine district office operations across both regions.

The move eliminates the historical pattern in which identification programmes materialised periodically before disappearing again, leaving families uncertain when the next registration window would arrive.

Williams Ampomah Emmanuel Darlas, heading the NIA’s Corporate Affairs apparatus, characterised the development as a logical institutional evolution following successful completion of an earlier mass registration exercise targeting the same age cohort.

“The NIA has now integrated the registration of children in this age group into its regular, ongoing services, making it easier for families to get their children registered without having to wait for special campaigns,” the Authority stated.

The permanent availability of child registration services represents a significant convenience expansion. Parents in the Volta and Oti Regions no longer face uncertainty regarding programme availability.

They can visit any NIA district office at their discretion, accompanied by their children and necessary supporting documentation, confident that staff will process applications as part of ordinary operations.

The Authority has urged parents whose children remain unregistered to capitalise upon the newly permanent service and expedite documentation acquisition.

Young Ghanaians carrying Ghana Cards gain access to educational services, healthcare systems and governmental programmes that increasingly require national identification as proof of citizenship and identity.