West African Heads of State at the just ended ECOWAS summit in Accra, Ghana unani­mously agreed on the urgent need to have one identity card for citizens and residents in the sub-region.

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The National Identification Registry, the National Election Commission, Liberia Immigration Service, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Health amongst others.

President John Dramani Mahama has welcomed a proposal by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to introduce biometric identity cards to its citizens.

ECOWAS has adopted the biometric identity card to replace the resident permit as from 2016. This formed part of the decision made at the just-concluded 46th ordinary session of the ECOWAS Heads of ...

Veteran journalist and Managing Editor of The Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, says the National Identification Authority (NIA), is registering Ghanaians for ECOWAS Identity card and not a ...

Also making remarks was Hon. Steve Zargo, said the ECOWAS Biometric ID Card is key for Liberia as a member state of ECOWAS. Senator Zargo said, the utilization of the card will enhance economy, ...

“We will ensure that we implement the ECOWAS Biometric Identity Card in Nigeria. We will launch it three Months after the signing.’’ He said that the biometric identity card was a prominent ...