Government extends SIM card re-registration deadline to September 30
This was disclosed by the sector Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful in a press conference in Accra today.
“The programme will be extended to 30 September to end the anniversary of its commencement which will give us a full year. Any sim that has not been registered by end of August will be barred from receiving services.,” she said.
"It will also be more expensive to use unregistered sims. The full rate of punitive measures will be announce at another press briefing in September. Kindly not blame your service provider when you suffer that fate", she added.
This extension comes after numerous Ghanaians complained about the 31st July deadline given by the Ministry.
Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, in an earlier engagement said the government will not extend the deadline.
According to the Minister, Ghanaians and everyone who is yet to register their SIM cards should take opportunity of the ongoing process which will end on July 31, 2022.
She said this at a forum by the National Communications Authority (NCA) in Kumasi.
“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 said.
She also stated that the exercise will ultimately help build a credible and safe SIM Card database in Ghana.
The re-registration of SIM cards originally began on October 1, 2021 and ended on March 31, 2022. But the Ministry extended it to July 31, 2022, because most Ghanaians were yet to obtain their Ghana card.
The Ghana card is the only national identification card that can be used for the SIM registration.
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