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44-459: In 1973, national Identity cards were issued to citizens in the border regions of Ghana including Volta , Northern , Upper East and Upper West , Brong Ahafo , and parts of the Western Region . The project was discontinued three years later due to problems with logistics and lack of financial support. This was the first time the idea of national identification systems arose. Again, in 1987,

88-465: A human operator looking at the prints, provided the matching score is high enough. "Lights-out" or "auto-confirm" is often used in civil identification systems, and is increasingly used in criminal identification systems as well. For many years, the FBI have presented the claim that fingerprint identification is a fully accurate and dependable source for profiling and identification. The belief in this technique

132-515: A separate Ewe state (modern Togo ). Recently, a campaign for the cessation of some part of the Volta Region from Ghana to be known as "Western Togoland" is being led by a group calling itself Homeland Study Group Foundation. The group is led by Charles Kormi Kudzodzi. 7°00′N 0°30′E  /  7.000°N 0.500°E  / 7.000; 0.500 Automated fingerprint identification Automated fingerprint identification

176-568: A separate Ewe state. The party was defeated in the May 1956 UN plebiscite in British Togoland , which resulted in the unification of British Trans-Volta Togoland with Gold Coast, which later became independent as Ghana. On 9 May 1956, a vote was conducted to decide the future disposition of British Togoland and French Togoland . The native and dominant ethnic group , the Ewe people , were divided between

220-420: Is a closely related technique used in applications such as attendance and access control systems. On a technical level, verification systems verify a claimed identity (a user might claim to be John by presenting his PIN or ID card and verify his identity using his fingerprint), whereas identification systems determine identity based solely on fingerprints. AFISs have been used in large-scale civil identifications,

264-514: Is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The current list is as follows: The following districts are now within the boundaries of the Oti Region which was formally created on 15 February 2019. There are 18 constituencies in the region after the Oti Region

308-599: Is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta . Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-ethnic and multilingual, including groups such as the Ewe , the Guan , and the Akan peoples. The Guan peoples include the Lolobi , Likpe , Akpafu , Akyode , Buem , Nyagbo , Avatime, and Nkonya . This region was carved out of the Volta Region in December 2018 by

352-467: Is the process of using a computer to match fingerprints against a database of known and unknown prints in the fingerprint identification system. Automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) are primarily used by law enforcement agencies for criminal identification purposes, the most important of which is the identification of a person suspected of committing a crime or linking a suspect to other unsolved crimes. Automated fingerprint verification

396-633: The Central and Western regions were executed successfully, with mass registration taking off in the Central Region on July 1, 2008. By the end of July 2008, Prof. Kenneth Attafuah was appointed as the Executive Secretary and oversaw the execution of mass registration in the Western, Eastern and Volta Regions between August 2008 and July 2009. On July 22, 2009, Dr. William Ahadzie began his appointment as

440-723: The European Union , the United Kingdom , Bangladesh , India , Israel , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Argentina , Turkey , Morocco , Italy , Chile , Peru , Venezuela , Australia , Denmark , the International Criminal Police Organization , and various states, provinces, and local administrative regions — have their own systems, which are used for a variety of purposes, including criminal identification, applicant background checks, receipt of benefits, and receipt of credentials (such as passports). In Australia,

484-675: The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at Ho has led to it being redesignated as the Ho Teaching Hospital in 2019. Other government run health facilities in the capital are the Ho Municipal Hospital and the Ho Polyclinic. Hospitals in the region include: The Togoland Congress (TCP) was a political party formed in 1951 to campaign for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as

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528-667: The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA). In 2019, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), the core platform technology for the NIS, which enables accurate and prompt fingerprint matching with real-time accessibility was launched by Authority and registration begun nationwide. The National Identification Authority (NIA) was set up in 2003 under the Office of

572-744: The Government of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) through the National Commission for Democracy (NCD), revisited the national identity card concept by establishing committees including a Technical Implementation Committee. Due to economic difficulties, the issue was not pursued. Once again, in 2001, when the National Economic Dialogue was convened, the National Identification System (NIS)

616-733: The Guan people (forming 9.2% of the population), the Akan people (8.5%), and the Gurma people (6.5% of the population). The Volta region is run by a Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and a District Assembly. The RCC is made up of the Volta Regional Minister who is the political head and his deputy as well as representatives of the Regional House of Chiefs , the District Chief Executives of

660-451: The NIA included the establishment of a national data center so as to manage a national database, as well as to set up a system to collect, process, store, retrieve and disseminate personal data on the population (Ghanaian citizens – both resident and non-resident, and legally and permanently resident foreign nationals), ensure the accuracy, integrity and security of such data, and to issue and promote

704-424: The NIA's technical partner SAGEM from France . Pick-up trucks, vans and civilian buses were procured for the mass registration exercise. Drivers were recruited, interviewed and selected. Materials like cartridges, registration forms and writing materials were acquired. Individuals were recruited, trained and selected as Mobile Registration Workstation Operators. The National Identification Authority's Head Office

748-531: The National Identification System (NIS). The Act establishing the National Identification Authority was passed in 2006, with Prof. Ernest Dumor appointed as the Executive Secretary. Under his tenure, the NIA was able to acquire a host of logistical items required for institutional building of the NIA. The authority was able to acquire 1,510 Mobile Registration Workstations for the mass registration exercise that came with chargers and batteries from

792-513: The New Patriotic Party. The people of the Volta Region are popularly known as Voltarians ( French : Voltaiens . This group includes the Ewes, Guans and other minor tribes living in the Volta Region. The people of the Volta Region are popular known for their rich cultural display and music some of which include Agbadza , Borborbor and Zigi. The Volta region was formed by the state union of

836-609: The Personal ID number (one reason that should make the Ghana Card usable by the EC). Visible inscriptions on front of the card: NB: The Ghana Card contains second and third level security features by the NIA (National Identification Authority): On the photo a micro-holographic reflecting stamp is placed. The back contains the machine readable zone . The microchip , [REDACTED] inside the card contains biometric data such as fingerprints of

880-569: The President with the mandate to issue national ID cards and manage the National Identification System (NIS). This resulted in the passing of the NIA Act, 2006 (Act 707) to give it the necessary legal premises on which to operate. The National Identity Register Act, 2008 (Act 750) was also passed to give authorisation for collection of personal and biometric data and to ensure the protection of privacy and personal information of enrollees. The full mandate of

924-484: The Pruem treaty's decentral infrastructure allows AFIS queries on all European criminal AFISs within a reasonable time. Fingerprint-matching algorithms vary greatly in terms of Type I (false positive) and Type II (false negative) error rates. They also vary in terms of features such as image rotation invariance and independence from a reference point (usually, the "core", or center of the fingerprint pattern). The accuracy of

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968-587: The United States, and is managed by the FBI . However, the IAFIS is being retired to make room for a more improved software called the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system. Many states also have their own AFISs. AFISs have capabilities such as latent searching, electronic image storage, and electronic exchange of fingerprints and responses. Many other countries and entities — including Canada ,

1012-623: The Volta region, the Presiding Members of the 12 Districts Assemblies and representatives of the various decentralized Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the Volta region. Each district is run by a District Assembly. The current Regional Minister, Archibald Letsa was appointed in February 2017. Before the regional demarcation in December 2018 , the region had 25 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 5 Municipal and 20 Ordinary Assemblies) with all

1056-463: The administrative changes as of December 2012. After the census, the Oti Region was carved out of it, reducing the size of the region and the number of administrative districts to 18. The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 18 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 6 Municipal and 12 Ordinary Assemblies). Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly,

1100-483: The algorithm, print matching speed, robustness to poor image quality, and the characteristics noted above are critical elements of system performance. Fingerprint matching has an enormous computational burden. Some larger AFIS vendors deploy custom hardware while others use software to attain matching speed and throughput. In general, it is desirable to have, at the least, a two-stage search. The first stage will generally make use of global fingerprint characteristics while

1144-513: The bags of the explosives that had been left at the station. After careful consideration, it was determined by the FBI that the fingerprints left on the bag had matched to an individual in Portland, Oregon named Brandon Mayfield . This case, however, went on to change the entire outlook of fingerprint identification within the FBI, as it was later determined that he had been wrongly arrested. Because of this,

1188-465: The bearer identifies himself/herself with his/her fingerprints . The National Identification Authority has started an online process to issue Ghana Cards to individuals. This involves submitting the printed document at the NIA office. Barely 24 hours after the online registration took off, the NIA Shut down the registration site because their servers could not handle the number of requests coming in. When

1232-411: The chief purpose of which is to prevent multiple enrollments in an electoral, welfare, driver licensing, or similar system. Another benefit of a civil AFISs is to check the background of job applicants for sensitive posts and educational personnel who have close contact with children. The United States Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) holds the fingerprint sets collected in

1276-669: The former British Togoland which was part of the German protectorate of Togoland . It was administered as part of the Gold Coast by the British and later renamed Trans-Volta Togoland . The native and largest ethnic group of the Volta Region (Togoland / British Togoland) are the Ewe people (68.5% of the population). They consist of several subgroups such as the Anlo Ewe , Tongu Ewe, Wedome Ewe, Ave Ewe and Avenor Ewe . Other ethnicities include

1320-480: The holder, the image, signature, etc. The data can be extracted from the chip with wireless RFID technology. The ID card serves as a travel document for national travel. The validity of the card is 10 years and is compulsory for citizens over 16. The identity card is requested at the districts (and is issued for free to all Ghanaians ) where a digital picture of the bearer's face and fingerprints are taken. The card should be picked up in person after 15 days, where

1364-444: The identity card is lost, replacement procedures are as follows: You will be given a document to submit to the National Identification Authority (NIA) for the replacement. At the NIA office, you will have to take a form for card replacement. For Ghanaians, you Pay a current amount of Ghc 30.15 via mobile money. Non-Ghanaians Replacing loss Non-Ghanaian Identity Card, You pay U$ 60 or its equivalent. The payment will be verified by

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1408-462: The individual based on biometric features, can be used by the individual for the verification and authentication of identity in the following situations: The Ghana Card (ID Card) is plastic and has the size of a credit card . The front contains the bearer's face the following fields written in English : [3] NB: The ID card issued to citizens and non-citizens are the same apart from the national code in

1452-434: The integration of all public sector/ civil operation, law enforcement, corporate and business applications/systems to the NIS, and the provision of general identification services. The process of issuing current generation of identity cards started on July 4, 2011. The setting up of the NIS is in response to providing up-to-date data that will facilitate the nation's development agenda. The Ghana Card, which uniquely identifies

1496-472: The number of missed identifications, and these searches can return from one to ten possible matches. Latent to tenprint searching will frequently return many (often fifty or more) candidates because of limited and poor quality input data. The confirmation of system-suggested candidates is usually performed by a technician in forensic systems. In recent years, though, "lights-out" or "auto-confirm" algorithms produce "identified" or "non-identified" responses without

1540-458: The officers. [4] Address : No.8 Nelson Mandela Avenue Off Gulf House Street South Legon, Accra, Ghana. Digital Address : GA-237-1033 P.O. Box M680 Ministries Post Office Accra, Ghana. Contacts : (+233) 302-99-9306-9 (+233) 73-8333 (+233) 242-43-8615 Email : info@nia.gov.gh Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta ) is one of Ghana 's sixteen administrative regions , with Ho designated as its capital . It

1584-491: The prints to determine the points of similarity in order to tell if they have secured a match, varies from examiner to examiner and from laboratory to laboratory. The decision process, unfortunately, is entirely subjective to the individual running the tests and there is no way to ensure that the examiner will not be susceptible to observer bias. In 2004, after the Madrid train bombings , there were partial fingerprints identified from

1628-423: The second stage is the minutia matcher. In any case, the search systems return results with some numerical measure of the probability of a match (a "score"). In ten-print searching, using a "search threshold" parameter to increase accuracy, there should seldom be more than a single candidate unless there are multiple records from the same candidate in the database. Many systems use a broader search in order to reduce

1672-644: The system is called the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System . European police agencies are now required by a European council act to open their AFISs to each other to improve the war on terror and the investigation of cross-border crime. The act followed the Prüm treaty , an initiative between the countries Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Austria. While technically not being an AFIS itself,

1716-562: The two Togos . British Togoland inhabitants voted in favor of state union with the Gold Coast, and the Togo Ewe state was incorporated with Gold Coast. There was vocal opposition to the incorporation of Togoland into modern Ghana, from the Ewe people who voted (42%) against in British Togoland , as the Ewe wanted the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as

1760-447: The use of national identity cards in Ghana. The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), the core platform technology for the NIS, enables accurate and prompt fingerprint matching with real-time accessibility when completed. The AFIS claims fingerprint identification accuracy of at least 99.9 % and exceptional performance in terms of system processing speed. The NIA facilitates

1804-494: Was based on the assumption that there are no two fingerprints that are the same and that every person has their own unique pattern. However, there is no scientific evidence or studies that have been done to support this claim. This can also be applied to other forms of forensic identification, such as bite mark analysis — also known as forensic dentistry , which can be seen in a case of Levon Brooks. In terms of fingerprint identification, FBI agents who are responsible for examining

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1848-536: Was built and 97% of the building completed. A pilot mass registration exercise was held to test the forms and equipment deployed for the exercise as well as the registration process as outlined by the Authority. This pilot registration exercise took place in two communities — Abokobi and Sege — in the Greater Accra Region, for 10 days from July 27 to August 4, 2007. The testing selection and training of staff for

1892-555: Was carved out of it. Previously Volta Region had 19 constituencies in the election in December 2000 and 24 constituencies in December 2004 parliamentary election . Four new constituencies were created by the Electoral Commission prior to the December 2012 parliamentary election , increasing the number of constituencies to 26. The Volta Regional Hospital is located at Ho. It is popularly referred to as Trafalgar. The inception of

1936-560: Was seen as a major policy concern. As a result, a multisectoral Technical Committee consisting of stakeholder organisations was established to do the following: The Technical Committee completed its assignment in 2002 and submitted a report to the Cabinet. The report was accepted, but it had to form a basis for the government and state to: By 2003, the National Identification Secretariat was set up to implement and manage

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