The National Identification Authority (NIA) has stated that it authorized the registration of members of some Churches within the Accra West Zone on Sunday May 19, 2019.

According to the Authority, the Churches offered their premises as registration centres for the duration of the Mass Registration exercise which is ongoing and in return, they requested that the NIA considers dedicating one Sunday to register members of their congregation.

In a Statement signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs of NIA, ACI Francis Palmdeti, the NIA considered the request of the Churches involved and approved it.

“Consequently, registration officials responsible for the aforementioned registration centres were duly authorized to register the congregants of the respective churches. The exercise was under the strict supervision of the Head of Operations,” the statement reads.

The Churches were; 1. St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Kwashieman. 2. Assemblies of God Church, Otaten. 3. Engrafted Word Chapel, Otaten. 4. Presbyterian Church (Mt. Zion Congregation), Odorkor 5. Victory Bible Church, Awoshie. 6. Afropa House, Darkuman. 7. Trinity Presbyterian Church, Santamaria School Complex.