Sim-card registration Archives

17 Oct

We Have Made Good Progress With SIM Registration – Communications Minister

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Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said that, by every measurable yardstick and against the challenges that Ghana has as a developing economy, 14 million Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians can sleep safely, comforted by the fact that their 18.8 million SIM Cards are safe and secure. She said the country has made good progress with the registration exercise and this is a collective gain that we must celebrate. “It is however disconcerting that almost 10 million people who have linked their SIM Cards to their Ghana Cards (i.e. completed Stage 1 registration) have not completed their Stage 2 registration,”…

03 Oct

Hon. Alex Blankson Begs For One Month Extension For Defaulters of Sim Card Re-Registration

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The Member of Parliament(MP) for Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region, Hon Alex Blankson, has pleaded with the Ministry of Communication to give an additional one month grace period for Ghanaians who are yet to re-register their sim cards. Speaking on Movement In The Morning Show with Kwaku Dawuro, Hon Blankson said that "I am aware this is the second deadline given to defaulters of the sim card re-registration, but I am pleading with the Ministry in charge to give additional one month so those who are yet to register do so. Some of the legitimate concern is the access to…

08 Sep

Don’t Blame Your Service Provider For Sanctions If You Don’t Register Your SIM Cards – Ursula Owusu

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The Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says mobile telephony subscribers should not blame their service providers for failure to register their SIM cards. According to her, a full raft of punitive measures will soon be rolled out against those who fail to register their SIM Cards, using the Ghana Card. In this regard, she stressed in a Facebook post on Wednesday that, “At a subsequent press conference in September, the full scope of the sanctions will be revealed. If you suffer that fate as a result of your own inaction, kindly do not blame your service provider. To…

30 Aug

SIM Card Re-registration Falls By 98% After Extension Of Deadline To September 30

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Data from the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has shown that the number of subscribers undertaking the SIM re-registration exercise saw a significant drop after the government announced an extension of the deadline. According to the figures, the number of subscribers re-registering their SIM cards fell to 5,861 on August 19, 2022, from about 235,000 recorded on July 31, 2022, when the extension was announced. This represented a 98% decline. The data also showed that by August 1, 2022, the number of registration fell to 62,715, compared with the 235,460 recorded on July 28, 2022. The trend continued until it dropped…