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What is taking NIA so long to issue Ghana Cards?

Mr Gary Nimako, a private legal practitioner, has questioned why the National Identification Authority (NIA) is unable to quickly register and issue GhanaCards to citizens. According to him, the obstacles that are preventing the NIA from doing so should be investigated and addressed as soon as possible. He was speaking on TV3’s Key Points on Saturday, September 24, as part of a discussion about the National Democratic Congress’ rejection of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) propo...[Read More]

Sam George collects data to file class action over sim re-registration exercise

  Sam George, a member of Parliament’s Communications Committee, has begun gathering data in order to file a class action lawsuit against the National Communications Authority (NCA) over the sim card re-registration exercise. In a tweet, the MP for Ningo-Prampram asked Ghanaians affected by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation to fill out a form on his page. This follows the NCA’s directive to telecommunications companies to penalize people who have yet to register ...[Read More]

Blocked SIM cards can only be retrieved within 6 months

Individuals whose SIM cards will be blocked after the September 30 deadline for re-registration can only retrieve them within a six-month grace period, according to the National Communications Authority (NCA). Unregistered SIM cards will then be removed entirely from the system. According to Kwame Gyan, NCA’s Deputy Director for Consumer and Corporate Affairs, this is part of the punitive measures that will be implemented to rid the system of unregistered SIM cards. On Prime Morning on Tue...[Read More]

MNOs have started blocking unregistered SIM cards

According to Kwame Gyan, Deputy Director, Consumer and Corporate Affairs Division at the National Communications Authority (NCA), unregistered SIM cards has been blocked by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) since Monday, September 5. He stated that beginning today, Wednesday, September 7, people who have only completed stage one of the registration process will be added to the list of those whose cards are being blocked. On September 4, the NCA announced punitive actions that would be taken agains...[Read More]