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General news for Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-09-30
Waived government fees for children born within one year for birth certification
The Registry of Births and Deaths has said a new law is being drafted to address the problems of adult and late birth registration.
The Acting Registrar, the Rev. Kingsley Asare Addo, described these problems as “born again certificates” because there were people who already had birth certificates, but because they wanted to change certain information about themselves, they ended up doing multiple registrations.
Speaking at the second virtual Results Fair in Accra hosted by the Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation, Rev Asare Addo said that when the law comes into effect, the Registry will collaborate with the Ghana Health Service to establish district-level offices and focus in the birth registry to reduce these traps
He noted that discussions are underway with the appropriate authorities to help digitize manual registry records to address the challenge of multiple records.
Rev Addo said that in 2013, the government waived fees for children born within a year for birth certification and urged parents to take advantage of the policy.
On whether a person can make a name change on the birth certificate, the Registrar said it could be done through a process that includes the swearing in of an affidavit.
He urged the public to request extraction of birth certificates when they lose a birth certificate, adding that searching for a new certificate would amount to multiple registration.
Rev Addo noted that if adequately resourced, the Registry could provide timely and accurate data for identification and legal purposes, citing a shortage of human resources to further its mandate and financial constraints as the main challenges facing the organization.
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