The struggle for sim re-registration has kicked off in Accra and its environs, where a long string of queues is seen in telecommunication offices.
Ghanaians have expressed their distasteful concern over what they believe it’s unacceptable after voting the NPP into power.
Why is the government putting Ghanaians through this stress all in the name of SIM registration? This is entirely ineffective and a waste of everyone’s time.
I will use myself as an example. During my registration at NIA, my two phone numbers were collected by the NIA officers and keyed into the NIA system after capturing my biometric and alphanumeric data.
When I was going to pick my card, they asked for the phone number I used to register, which was used to pull my details. This means my phone number is already linked to my Ghana card details (PIN).
What stops NIA from sharing its data with the Telcos? The question someone will ask is, some people didn’t give their contact details, and some even used their family members’ contact.
Solution: Inform Ghanaians to go and update their details at NIA if they did not provide their contact details during registration.
What the Telcos are doing is another registration to capture biometric details. They are not even verifying the Ghana Card PIN. Another flaw in what they are doing.
It appears this is another avenue to waste the taxpayer’s money. Will the government come and tell us they used 10million Ghana CEDIS for the software someday?
