Dr Bawumia Initiates Registration Of Cured Lepers For Ghana Card

The National Identification Authority has begun the registration of cured lepers onto the identification register.

The exercise, which was initiated by the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, commenced at the Weija Leprosarium in the Greater Accra Region yesterday where it is expected to cover 20 to 50 people.

The exercise would subsequently be extended to the Ankaful Leprosarium in the Central Region and Kokofu in the Ashanti Region.

Other cured lepers in Ho in the Volta Region, Nkanchina in the Northern Region and Wa in the Upper West Region would also be registered in due course.

The verification will capture the face, iris and ears of the lepers, some of whom have lost their fingers to leprosy.