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Registrar General’s Department Sit Up

Posted by Remy Edmundson under Business

Yesterday, I went to the Registrar General’s Department with high hopes. Why?
I was going to collect my Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate to Commence Business for my company Integrity Internet Marketing. More about Integrity in another post.
At the office, I was asked to provide either a Voter’s ID Card or Birth Certificate to prove I really was a Ghanaian citizen.
Anticipating such a situation, I had carried along my passport so I gleefully pulled it out for them. I was then asked to make a photocopy of the relevant page in the passport for their records.

After waiting patiently for my certificates, I saw the gentleman coming back empty handed. What?? My heart sank!
I was to come back the following Friday for my certificates because the Director was yet to sign them.
Apparently, the office personnel were waiting for my verification before going ahead to process the documents.
So why wait for me to travel all the way to the premises before asking me to provide such a document. I certainly had my contact number and email on the forms.
Why didn’t they ask me to provide this proof during the application process?
The young man who brought this news certainly couldn’t provide the answers and could only promise to call me if the documents were ready before Friday.
I was just too disappointed to follow up with his superiors.
But I definitely will do so come, Friday the 18th of July.