REGISTER YOUR SIM WITH GHANA CARD IN 10 EASY
STEPS
ON ALL NETWORKS
Ghanaians are expected
to re-register their SIM cards this coming Friday, October 1 with the National
Identification Card, popularly known as the “Ghana Card.”
The exercise which was
supposed to take off in June this year was delayed due to the just-ended
Population and Housing Census. This is in line with the government’s effort to
make the Ghana Card a one-stop identification document in the country.
The re-registration of
SIM cards is expected to last for six months that is from October 1, 2021 to March 31,
2022. Any SIM not registered within this period will be permanently blocked,
the Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has said
Each user is allowed to
register 10 different numbers with his/her Ghana Card. The user will be
notified via text message with a unique code upon successful registration.
Users who encounter
problems while linking their Ghana card with their SIMs will be given three
chances to answer security questions after which they will be directed to the
National Identification Authority (NIA) if the problem persists.
How to register your SIM with the Ghana Card
• Dial the short code *404#
• Enter Ghana Card Pin ( Note: Enter
letters and figures without hyphens)
• Confirm Ghana Card Pin
• Enter Surname
• Enter First Name(s)
• Enter Date of Birth (Format: DDMMYYYY)
• Select Sex
• Confirm Details
• Submit Details Provided After
Confirmation
• Visit your service provider with the
unique code to complete the registration process
Re-register your SIMs with Ghana card – Bawumia
In a bid to rid the
country’s cyberspace of fraud, monitor and track down persons who use their
phones for criminal activities, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
recently disclosed that plans are underway to ensure that all Ghanaians with
SIM cards re-register them using the National Identification card also known as
Ghana card.
Speaking at the 5th
Ghana CEO Summit in Accra, the Vice President noted that any individual who
fails to take part in the exercise risks losing his or her SIM card.
“We all have to do that
otherwise we’ll lose that SIM card. That will really give us a real identity
for all MoMo transactions. For example, it takes away fraud that is taking
place like SIM box and through MoMo”, he added.
The move has been
criticized by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu who has argued that
undertaking a SIM re-registration exercise will not solve the issue of Mobile
Money fraud as expected by Dr. Bawumia.
He said the Vice
President is “ill-informed, inept and highly naive,” with that assumption.
“The solution to the
challenges of fraud within the electronic money ecosystem goes beyond SIM
registration,” he said.
“We hold the view that
the mandatory re-registration of SIMs provides no substantial benefit in the
fight against electronic money fraud, and will face practical challenges such
as inbound travelers who require a SIM card without a national ID,” he added.