There’ll be no football age, school age or official age- Akufo Addo

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo says operations of the Birth and Death Registry has finally been digitised to make sure that the documents issued from the department are accorded the respect they should have.

He said never again will it be that someone born in this country will live a full life, die and be buried without any record of his or her existence.

Henceforth, he said every child born will be registered and the date of birth will remain the same on all documents irrespective of the document.

He said this while delivery the State of the Nation’s Address in Parliament on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

“Every child born in this country will be registered and the date of birth registered will be the date of birth throughout your life. There will be no school age, no football age, no SSNIT age and no official age,” he said.

“When we register for the National Health Insurance, the details of our identification will be the same details on the driving license, passport and on our tax identification number,” he added.