Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister for Communications and Digitalization, has cautioned that the registration deadline for SIM cards in Ghana would not be extended a second time.
The exercise, which began on 1st October 2021, was originally slated to end on 31st March 2022; however, the sector Ministry extended the deadline to 31st July 2022 due to the fact that over 7.5 million citizens and residents had not yet obtained their Ghana Card, allowing them to register their SIM cards.
According to the Minister, more than twelve million Ghanaians have linked their Ghana cards to their SIM cards.
She noted at a National Communications Authority (NCA) seminar in Kumasi that the initiative would ultimately aid in the development of a credible and secure SIM card database in Ghana.
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“Most people access their internet through their mobile devices. We must make sure that they do so safely. We must make it difficult for the criminals who hack our systems and defraud us through multiple online channels to operate, and this SIM registration exercise is one of the steps the government is taking in that regard. Essentially, this stresses the point that this exercise will enable the establishment of a subscriber database with integrity to keep the consumers safe from scams and fraud.”
“I, therefore, take this opportunity to urge all those who’ve not registered their SIM cards to do so as the deadline of 31st July 2022 will not be extended,” she added.
SOURCE: CITINEWSROOM
