The National Communications Authority (NCA) has refuted claims that the Voter ID Card will be accepted for the registration of SIM cards.

It clarified that for now “Ghana Card remains the only ID for the current SIM registration exercise.”

In a statement issued and signed Today, November 5, the NCA said it has not issued any such directives to the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) providers.

“There is currently no medium for registration with Voters ID in the current SIM registration exercise; Ghana Card remains the only ID.”
NCA

This follows a claim by the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George , that Voter’s ID cards can now be accepted as a document for the registration of SIM cards.

The NCA in the statement further disclosed that there had been talks concerning the updating of the SIM registration App to allow a temporary use of Voters ID.

“What was rather discussed at a SIM registration technical meeting yesterday November 4, 2022was updating the SIM registration App to allow a temporal use of Voters ID; that development effort will take several weeks if not months to complete and the deep dive technical discussions on the integration effort with the MNOs/BWAs have not even been held.”

The Authority further disclosed that similar efforts with Passport integration have taken more than three months and counting and are still not complete.

“If necessary, the general public will be duly informed when both integration efforts are complete as well as the modalities and conditions of use.”
NCA

SAM GEORGE’S POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA

The NCA was responding to posts on social media by Sam George, Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram and a member of the select committee on Communications.

Sam George, who is one of the people advocating for the ministry to amend the guidelines for the registration and a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications had claimed on Saturday morning, November 5, that voters’ ID Card can now be used for the ongoing SIM registration exercise.

“We have had a breakthrough. I can reliably inform you that the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has finally seen wisdom in our position.
Sam George