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  "id": 1893609,
  "title": "Revised Ghana Card fees approved by Parliament, not unilaterally introduced – NIA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/revised-ghana-card-fees-approved-by-parliament-not-unilaterally",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:01:02.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/revised-ghana-card-fees-approved-by-parliament-not-unilaterally-introduced-nia/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The National Identification Authority (NIA) has clarified that the revised fees for Ghana Card registration and related services were approved by Parliament and were not introduced unilaterally by the Authority. In a statement signed by the NIA’s Williams Amponsah Emmanuel Darlas, the Authority said the current fee regime was approved under the Fees and Charges […]",
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Revised Ghana Card fees approved by Parliament, not unilaterally introduced – NIA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/revised-ghana-card-fees-approved-by-parliament-not-unilaterally-1896034",
        "published": "2026-08-19T08:13:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Starr FM",
        "title": "NIA dismisses claims of new Ghana card charges, says first-time registration, record updates remain free",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/nia-dismisses-claims-of-new-ghana-card-charges-says-first-time",
        "published": "2026-08-19T09:45:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Revised Ghana Card fees were approved by Parliament, not unilaterally set — NIA clarifies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/revised-ghana-card-fees-were-approved-by-parliament-not-unilaterally",
        "published": "2026-08-19T11:39:57.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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