We can print 2 million Ghana cards within 6 months - Attafuah assures

The Executive Director of the National Identification Authority, Professor Kenneth Attafuah has reiterated that his outfit is well-prepared to print two million Ghana cards within six months without organising a mass registration exercise.

.The Minority which is rejecting this move by the EC, is also casting doubts on the capacity of the NIA to issue Ghana cards to all applicants who have registered for the cards.

.But speaking on the Point of View hosted by Bernard Avle, the NIA boss assured that without pressure on the necks of NIA staff, his team can print two million cards within six months to applicants.

“We can do two million cards easily in six months just operating normally

Last year, when we were not doing any mass registration, when we were not doing anything special, just operating normally, we registered over 1.5 million

He added, “within six months we can meet the expectations of Ghanaians, six months without pressure or massive mobilisation, we are doing our work at our own pace, we can deliver the 2 million cards”.

Professor Attafuah further stressed that his outfit has the capacity to print “500,000 cards in 11 days