The exercise was supposed to end on March 31 earlier this year but was extended to July 31 to make room for people who were still not done with the process. With a few days to the deadline, many Ghanaians, especially those who still haven't gotten their Ghana cards started pleading with the Ministry for another extension.
While addressing a forum in Kumasi on Friday, July 22, the Minister, Ursula Owusu Ekuful urged all Ghanaians who are yet to re-register their SIM cards to do so before the July 31 deadline.
According to her, the deadline will not be extended again.
“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,” she explains.
The Minister continues, “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, urge you to do so before the 31st of July," she stressed.
However, she is now calling on Ghanaians to “Exercise patience, you will hear from us very soon, we will call for a press conference and discuss that with you. We’ll engage all stakeholders and all telecom companies on the matter. Until then, the deadline remains the same.”
But speaking on the Key Points on the Accra-based TV3 today, Saturday, July 30, the Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Nartey George, said the Minister was just bragging about not extending the deadline.
“What she said in Kumasi is just talk, it is not true, she will extend it."
Sam George explained his reasoning, saying that some people are unable to link their Ghana Cards to SIM Cards, which he says is not their fault but a system error.
Long queues at re-registration centers and NIA offices, he says, have made it difficult for people to complete the process.
Given this, he said, “You haven't resolved all these and you are going to punish them for your inefficiency, is that not arbitrary? Is that not capricious?"
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