Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Wisdom Yayra Kwaku Deku has revealed that several institutions owe the Authority huge sums of money.
The NIA offers services to these institutions by providing access to biometric data of Ghanaians which these institutions require for their daily operations.
In an interview on TV3’s Hot Issues, Sunday, September 21, 2025 he noted that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) owes the Authority an amount of $58 million, the Passport office’s debt to the Authority stands at a whooping $22 million while the Ghana Revenue Authority also owes an amount of $377 million.
According to Yayra Deku, a directive has been issued for these institutions to be disconnected from the NIA’s system by October 1, 2025 if the debts are not settled.
“In total NHIS $58 million, Passport is owing us $22 million and GRA it is $377 million.
“In all, a lot of people are owing us but very soon by October 1, 2025 I have given a directive that all those institutions should be disconnected,” he stated.
Although the various banks also owe the NIA some amount of money, he explained that the banks are consistent with payment as they need the services of the NIA for daily transactions.
“The banks, they do pay because if you don’t pay, we will disconnect you and if we disconnect you, it means that the whole day you cannot perform any transaction,” he added.
He further disclosed that government currently owes Margins ID Group about $68 million.
“As I speak now Government owes Margins as at now, we are around $64 to $68 million. As I said, we have the GSA, Government Support Agreement where it states that at the end of the month, if government is not able to raise the requirement revenue that is the $3.4 million, government will top up,” he noted.
The National Identification Authority (NIA) and Margins ID Group are partners in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) responsible for Ghana’s National Identification System (NIS) and the production of the Ghana Card.
The whole life cost of the Project is estimated at $1.2 billion over 15 years, with NIA bearing $531 million while IMS of the Margins Group takes the remaining $678 million.
The National Identification Authority (NIA) owns the data and infrastructure for the Ghana Card, while Margins ID Group is a crucial technical partner in designing, producing, and implementing the system.
Margins ID Group, through its subsidiaries, provides biometric software development, identity management, and secure card production capabilities, acting as a private sector technical partner in the government’s public-private partnership to create the national ID system.
Source:Lovinghananews.com
