Beginning March 31, newborn babies will receive Ghana Card numbers.
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that newborn babies will be given Ghana-Card numbers beginning March 31, 2023.
The number will serve as a unique identifier for each child throughout his or her educational journey, rather than waiting until the age of 15 to register.
Vice President Bawumia made the announcement on Wednesday at a breast cancer awareness program in Accra Newtown to commemorate International Women's Day.
The event was co-organized by Breast Care International and the Vice President's Office to educate women about the importance of regularly checking and screening their breasts for early detection and treatment of cervical cancer.
Every year, International Women's Day is observed to recognize the enormous contributions of women to national development, with the theme: “Digital: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality.”
The Vice President highlighted some of the digital programmes and interventions rolled-out by the Government to enhance service delivery and promote the ease-of-doing business in Ghana.
They included the digital property addressing system, which allows for easy identification of properties and locations, medical drone delivery centers, which allow for the rapid delivery of medicines and blood products to remote areas, the mobile money interoperability payment system, which allows for the easy transfer of money across various telecommunication networks, and electronic renewal of national health insurance cards.
He believed that digitizing the economy would hasten economic development and urged citizens to support the government's digital transformation agenda.
In her address, Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, Founder of Breast Care International and Peace and Love Hospitals, paid glowing tribute to women in Ghana and around the world for standing up for their civic rights, and drawing attention to acts of injustices being meted out to women in deprived communities.
“The continued re-awakening of our consciousness to challenges impeding our progress, bears testimony to our fidelity to the cause of the female textile torchbearers who triggered this struggle in New York on March 8, 1857.
“Clearly, that pioneering protest against unfair working conditions and unequal rights for women has not been in vain, given the sustained gains recorded by activists against artificial barriers and inequalities against women,” she said.
She noted that women in Afghanistan, Libya and several other places where rights were under threat, which should remind Ghanaians and the world of the long walk to freedom.
As a result, she stated that it was critical to support females all over the world in order to bring to life the dreams of little girls who aspire to be strong women of tomorrow.
"The sterling performance of several renowned global women is sufficient evidence that a successful woman is the one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks thrown at her," she said.
Dr. Wiafe-Addai emphasized the importance of women resisting all cultural stereotypes that stifle their initiative and drive.
She stated that the Breast Care International and Peace and Love Hospital were ready to move beyond the celebration's broad strokes and take stock of the various pitfalls in order to forge a future with greater women's inclusion in decision-making processes.
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