The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says the calls for inclusion of National Passport and other forms of identific
The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says the calls for inclusion of National Passport and other forms of identification in the ongoing SIM card re-registration is being looked at.
According to her, the new law which the exercise is being undertaken specify the kind of identification to be use; but the ministry is engaging stakeholders on the matter.
Since the beginning of the exercise last week, there have been calls for government to include other forms of identification as requirements for the SIM card registration in the country.
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says discussion about it is ongoing and will soon make the outcome known.
She also said Ghanaians abroad who may want to re-register their SIM cards before the deadline can do so, adding, they are looking into the law to facilitate that.
“It is going well I must say. So far so good, but then there are few challenges which the ministry is still working around to resolve. Some of the challenges being that there are some Ghanaians in abroad who have SIM cards that may want to register but due to the timing; I must say it is something the team is looking at utilizing the SIM Registration Act to see what can be done”, he explained.
“There was also another call for the use of passport as part of the identification document and it’s something that we as a ministry and stakeholders are also looking into but let’s see what happens”, he pointed out.
“The law makes the use of the Ghana card mandatory, so we find ourselves in a fix but let’s see how the discussion goes for now. However, you should get your Ghana Card if you don’t have it as a citizen”, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful explained.
Ursula Owusu was speaking to Joy Business after addressing the cyber security industry forum on the Cybersecurity Act, a programme put together by the Cybercesurity Authority for professionals and service providers in the sector.
She urged the professionals to come up with standards of operations for the country.
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