: Advertisement -The National Marketing communications Authority (NCA) has revealed that it will extend the particular deadline for the ongoing Sim re-registration if it becomes necessary. The particular national exercise commenced upon October 1, 2021, and it is expected to end on 03 31, 2022. However , lengthy queues being recorded in the various mobile network program centres across the country appears to be hampering the process as many Ghanaians hurry to meet the deadline fixed for re-registering SIM credit cards. The situation has led to lots of people raising concerns about the procedure. Some have requested to have an extension of the March 2022 deadline over fears the fact that slow pace of the procedure will prevent many people through being registered. Speaking within an interview on Accra-based Course FM, the Authority’s Movie director of Consumer and Business Affairs, Nana Defie Badu said the ongoing procedure is being monitored and the NCA will ensure that adequate period is given for the procedure. She explained that the NCA has no interest in deliberately stopping citizens from registering their own SIM cards and that nobody will be deprived of the chance to register their SIM credit cards. “For the NCA and the Ministry of Communication, one of the goals of this is exercise is never to deprive people of making use of communication service. We want to make certain that people are using the communication solutions in a secure manner. We all continue to monitor the process [and] if it reaches the stage where we need to extend the deadline, we are going to, because communication access is extremely critical for our development, ” she said. The Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, throughout a Press Briefing at the Ministry of Information’s Press Focus on 5th September 2021, described that: “The SIM enrollment, when undertaken correctly even as we intend to do, will decrease or eliminate fraudulent plus criminal activities, help government bodies ascertain the accurate quantity of valid and accurate SIMs on the networks, enable providers to build better demographics of the customer base and assist them develop products and services to fit the various groupings”. She anxious that SIM Registration will certainly enhance economic growth a lot more confidence is built in the telecoms sector and people utilize safe devices to access E-Government solutions and other private mobile-based electronic solutions. “It will reduce mobile money fraud plus support financial inclusion throughout the vulnerable sectors” Minister additional. Get Ghana Latest Information in your inbox each morning. Sign up
