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Minister for Communications and Digitalization,
January 26, 2022
The Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful has stated on the floor of parliament that, the National Identification Authority (NIA) has no mandate in law to register SIM cards.
This, is in response to a submission made by MP for Tamale South , Haruna Iddrisu, who claimed that per the letter from NIA office, the ongoing sim card registration is meaningless since the rightfully mandated institution that has to carry the exercise has been denied of it.
Setting the record straight however, the minister said, NIA’s mandated is to collect biometric data for the purpose of National identification Cards to serve as a data base for the country, so therefore, the NIA does not have a hand in the SIM card registration, but rather the work of TELCOS.
The Minister concluded that, her ministry is working seriously to taken out illegal SIM cards from the country, and restricted her comment pointing out that there is a law suit on the subject matter but wanted to correct the wrong impression being created.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com