{"id":357572,"date":"2017-09-27T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=357572"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:10:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:10:15","slug":"chip-embedded-passports-to-roll-out-soon-govt-assures-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/chip-embedded-passports-to-roll-out-soon-govt-assures-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip-embedded passports to roll out soon – Gov’t assures again"},"content":{"rendered":"
The government has once again assured that the transitions to chip-embedded passports is in the offing.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a media briefing on passport acquisition process, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Tijani said the introduction will be in fulfillment of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulations.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”vOkAKVWPFkLDZ9Z2TR3pyL2xI35f8rWA”]This move would enable the nation meet minimum international in passport acquisition and usage.Mr. Tijani<\/p>\n
Mr. Tijani said, “Ghana will soon join the comity of nations issuing chip-embedded passports in fulfillment of international civil aviation organizations regulations.”<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the aftermath of 9\/11, there was an urgent need to overhaul and modernize the national passport and its issuing system to meet minimum international security standards set out by the international civil aviation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The International Civil Aviation Organization Regulations require member countries to migrate to a chip embedded passport from October 2016.<\/p>\n
The objectives of the biometric passport system are to improve the physical security of Ghana\u2019s passports, increase efficiency, reduce application waiting periods, provide greater levels of verifications along others.<\/p>\n
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration expects the initiative to help reduce the possibility of identity thefts and resultant misrepresentations.<\/p>\n
Ghanaians with the current biometric passport will be required to upgrade to the chip-embedded ones which can be acquired locally from all the 10 regional passport application centres.<\/p>\n
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By: Naa Kwarmah Siaw Marfo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The government has once again assured that the transitions to chip-embedded passports is in the offing. Speaking at a media briefing on passport acquisition process, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Tijani said the introduction will be in fulfillment of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulations. [contextly_sidebar id=”vOkAKVWPFkLDZ9Z2TR3pyL2xI35f8rWA”]This move would enable the nation meet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[3,11424],"yoast_head":"\n