The sim reregistration exercise has been extended to September 30, 2022.
Speaking at a press briefing on Sunday, the Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu, said that the extension followed a consultation with the industry after the exercise was faced with some challenges.
“Upon consultation with the industry and in view of the challenges enumerated above, I have very reluctantly decided to grant a conditional extension. The program will be extended to 30th September to end on the anniversary of its commencement.”
“That will give us one full year of SIM registration. It will be reviewed at the end of this month and any SIM that has not been fully registered by the end of August will be barred from receiving certain services including voice and data services,” she said.
The Minister noted that despite the challenges with the Ghana Card – long queues among others – many Ghanaians failed to register their sims after the deadline was extended.
Thus, this extension of the deadline is the final one.
“The statistics indicate that there was a 90% drop in sim reregistration, as soon as the first deadline was extended on 21st March. Until a week ago there were no cues, people started going to register when they realised that deadline was imminent after going to sleep.”
“The mobile network operators, NCA, and the NIA have all engaged additional staff, procured the necessary logistics and are incurring significant expenses to conduct this exercise Succesful, any extension of the process increases their cost,” she added.
This comes after many Ghanaians besieged telecommunication outlets across the country in a desperate attempt to register their SIM cards ahead of the second deadline on Sunday, July 31.
By: Dailyviewgh.com
