Source: newsthemegh.com
According to Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority, banks would reduce fraudulent transactions if they used the Ghana card to check transactions.
Professor Attafuah stated during National Identity Day that “we have unbounded all the 25 universal banks and 125 rural banks, all the telcos” in reference to the importance of legal identity and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 16.9.
“All these institutions are properly positioned to verify identification, verification is the confirmation that the right thing has been done”, he added.
“That is why the banks must verify”, Prof Attafuah stressed.
“The banks failed to verify the identities, simply make a photocopy of the person’s ID Card, they lost 162 million through fraud, that wouldn’t have happened if the banks verified”, he added.
Phase II of the registration of new Ghana card applicants is now being carried out by the NIA.