How to merge Ghana Card and SSNIT Number with Shortcode

by Wisdom K.E Hammond · June 29, 2021

Merging SSNIT with Ghana Card Ghana Card and SSNIT Number Date for merging NIA Numbers with SSNIT Nos Out

Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) number and that of the National Identification Authority Card (NIA) can not be merged in Ghana using the shortcode (USSD) and the procedure provided below.

For anyone to successfully merge both IDs, he or she must have the NIA/Ghana Card number and the SSNIT number/card.

Read: It is official: Date for merging NIA Numbers with SSNIT Nos Out

How to merge Ghana Card and SSNIT Number with Shortcode

On your Mobile, dial *711*9#
Select option 1 (Merge NIA number with SSNIT number)
Enter your number
Enter your NIA number (Personal ID number on your Ghana Card)
Select option 1 Confirm
Wait for the confirmation message (Your confirmation message will be sent via email/SMS)

Congratulations if you have gone through the process outlined above. Take note that, 31st December 2021 is the last date for the merging and from 1st January 2022, your SSNIT card will not be valid for the purposes of pension and related services at the SSNIT.

Take proactive steps and merge your Ghana Card and SSNIT Number now. Visit the NIA office near you to get your new NIA Card or get the missing one replaced so that you can merge it with your SSNIT number.

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Wisdom K.E Hammond

Ghanaeducation.org is founded by Wisdom Kojo Eli Hammond, a distinguished Ghanaian Edu-Tech Entrepreneur, AI Solutions Developer, and Product Architect with over 25 years of cross-disciplinary experience in education, finance, and digital media. Wisdom is the visionary force behind SkulManager, Ghana’s premier school management ecosystem, and the Lead Consultant at Education-News Consult. A self-taught innovator, professional Web Designer, and regular columnist on GhanaWeb, Wisdom engineered SkulManager.com as the only platform strictly tailored to the GES curriculum. His technical leadership has redefined educational assessment through a hybrid marking ecosystem, pioneering the BECE and WASSCE Home Mock services—a unique fusion of WAEC-trained human examiners and advanced AI marking engines operational since 2022.