Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations who doubles as Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, Hon. Sam George has disclosed that plans are far advanced towards the re-registration of sim cards.
This comes after the minister earlier indicated that “The failure in the last SIM card registration has left us with a difficult but necessary decision. After extensive cabinet deliberation, we are announcing the beginning of the process for a new SIM card registration exercise across the whole country”.
According to Sam George, “This exercise will be the first in our history to have live verification against the NIA’s database and provide biometric verification for every registration. Let me state this up front. The upcoming SIM card registration exercise will prioritize customers’ comfort. We are putting in place measures, working with the Chamber of Telecoms, to avoid long queues, including self-service portals and a seamless process for completing the registration”.
He revealed that you won’t have the queues. You won’t have the deadlines that were unreachable in the experience. We are going to make sure that the citizen is placed at the front of this registration”, concluding that “The regulator, the National Communications Authority is engaging stakeholders on the rollout. The Data Protection Commission must be central to ensuring that even as biometric data is collected and processed, it is done with the principal consideration of protecting the customer. Trust must be elevated above all other considerations”.
Well, in a new development, the minister has shared that the cabinet has approved the re- registration of sim cards, hence, it would come off pretty soon.
