Ghana Card registration ongoing without protective gears [PICTURES]

It has emerged that workers of the National Identification Authority (NIA) who are registering Ghanaians in the ongoing mass registration for Ghana Card in the Eastern Region are doing so without any of the prescribed protective gears meant to fight the spread of the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19.)

Graphic Online on Monday observed that it was only workers of Identity Management Systems Limited, the NIA's private partner in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) joint venture for delivering the National Identification System project were working with protective gears.

NIA staff were rather not seen wearing protective gears.

"It will amaze you that IMS which happens to be the private firm that NIA is collaboratively working with, in this project made provisions for all its workers for about 2 weeks ago but for the past two weeks when you walk into even the Head Office, you will be seeing two groups of workers, those with the protective mask and gloves and those without. Those with it are workers of IMS those without are for NIA," a staff told Graphic Online.

The source noted that presently the registration exercise was ongoing in Nkawkaw and Akwatia in the Eastern region without the necessary protective measures to help curb the spread of the virus.

Graphic Online also observed a similar situation at Aburi on Monday.

Read also: Suspend Ghana Card registration to contain Coronavirus spread - GMA to NIA

NIA Registration Statistics as of March  7, 2020:

Enrollment - 10, 047,811
Printed - 9, 036,423
Issued - 6, 499,025