Executive Director for Governance Watch Stephen Kwabena Atu is urging any person whose Sim Card will be deactivated by the end of May to seek legal redress in court.
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced that over 11 million unregistered SIM cards will be deactivated on May 31, 2023.
The 11 million SIMs include subscribers who were exempted from the current exercise. These include diplomats, refugees, and Ghanaians on official duties outside the country.
Others include subscribers who have registered some of their SIMs, people with Ghana Cards who have refused to register, as well as others without Ghana cards.
Speaking on Ahotor 92.3 Fm‘s morning show ‘Ade Kyi Mu Nsem‘, Mr. Atu said the hurry to deactivate unregistered Sim Cards is worrying.
“People should come together and take legal action if they have genuine reasons for not been able to register that is the only way”
“People just get up issue directives and they implement them without even considering the effects it will bring”
“Thos who will be affected should come together and seek for legal redress it will help them” he said.
Earlier, all unregistered SIM cards were deleted from the database of telecommunication operators.
The services to be blocked are; voice, data (Mobile, phones, MIFIS, and other data-providing devices), SMS (incoming and outgoing) USSD, mobile money services, and emergency services.
As of February this year, a total of 25,150,522 million SIM cards have been fully registered as of February 9, 2023, in accordance with the SIM registration directives and the process, which commenced on October 1, 2021.
The over 25 million figure represents 33,793,132 total SIM cards issued by mobile network operators (MNO).
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Story by: Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh (#RomeoWrites) / Ahotoronline.com
