The actions that happened under the last government were very at par with common sense and logic. We’ve got a national identification authority that holds and sits as our national repository of biometric data. I think it was wickedness of the highest order to subject Ghanaians to long hours of queues, taking away productive man-hours, affecting our economy to go and queue again and resubmit biometrics simply because egos could not be managed.
The minister-designate further disclosed plans to conduct a new SIM registration exercise but assured that it would come at no cost to taxpayers or the public purse.
We will do a proper SIM re-registration again, but this time nobody’s going to queue because common sense will prevail, expertise will prevail, and logic will work. The MNOs hold a certain set of data. We would use technology to cross-reference that against the NIA database and all biometric databases.
In October 2021, the erstwhile administration, led by former Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, commenced the re-registration of SIM cards in a bid to rid the country’s cyberspace of fraud, monitor digital activities, and track down individuals who use their phones for criminal activities.