Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the government is ready to start the implementation of Ghana Card Issuance to newborn babies across the country.

According to Dr. Bawumia, all is set for the implementation following the successful integration of the databases of the Births and Deaths Registry, the National Identification Authority, and the Ghana Health Service.

The Vice President and the NPP flagbearer hopeful made this announcement on Saturday, July 22, 2023, when he was delivering a speech at the 75th Anniversary celebrations of Ghana National College in Cape Coast, Central Region.

He further revealed that a successful test run of the system has completed after a baby born on Friday, July 21, 2021, was issued a Ghana Card.

“The work of integrating the databases has been completed, The full test was done yesterday, and I am happy to say that the first Ghana Card number for a baby was issued yesterday. So in the next month or two, all babies born in Ghana, once they take them to Weigh In, will be issued the Ghana Card number and also get their Birth Certificate Identification number at the same time, because the two databases are talking to each other. The nationality of the parents will be established as part of the process,” the Vice President announced.

“This is very transformational,” Dr. Bawumia noted, explaining that they will have these numbers from the time they are babies till they pass away.