Editing Identity document (section)

==== Ghana ====
{{Main|Ghana Card}}
[[Ghana]] begun the issuing of a national identity card for Ghanaian [[citizen]]s in 1973.<ref name="NIA - History">{{cite news |url=http://www.nia.gov.gh/about-us/history |title=NIA - History |work=nia.gov.gh |publisher=National Identification Authority (NIA) |access-date=April 28, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018180600/http://nia.gov.gh/about-us/history |archive-date=October 18, 2011 }}</ref>
However, the project was discontinued three years later due to problems with logistics and lack of financial support. This was the first time the idea of national identification systems in the form of the [[Ghana Card]] arose in the country.<ref name="NIA - History" /> Full implementation of the Ghana Cards begun from 2006.<ref name="NIA - History and About Us">{{cite news |url=http://www.nia.gov.gh/about-us |title=NIA - History and About Us |work=nia.gov.gh |publisher=National Identification Authority (NIA) |access-date=April 28, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018180545/http://nia.gov.gh/about-us |archive-date=October 18, 2011 }}</ref> 
According to the [[National Identification Authority]], over 15 million Ghanaians have been registered for the Ghana card by September 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Over-15m-people-registered-for-Ghana-Card-NIA-1055695|title=Over 15 million people registerd for Ghana card|work=GhanaWeb |date=September 9, 2020|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913174836/https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Over-15m-people-registered-for-Ghana-Card-NIA-1055695|archive-date=September 13, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>