The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Dr. Ing. Kenneth Ashigbey believes the September 30, 2022 deadline for SIM re-registration will be enough as long as government “takes some serious steps.”
Speaking on the Point of View on Citi TV, Mr. Ashigbey said “the total number of Ghanaians who are yet to receive their Ghana cards is about 2.97 million, and then we have some 808,000 who had not received their cards as at the last time I collected data. That brings us to about 3.781 million Ghanaians yet to receive their cards. If we divide that by 61 days and then by 275 district offices plus the 16 Regional offices, the NIA should be doing 165 registrations daily.”
“This is not impossible to do,” he added.
Mr. Ashigbey acknowledges that the main challenge to be faced in meeting the deadline will be easy access to the NIA centres.
He thus recommended that government supports the NIA to take the registration to the doorstep of Ghanaians.
“Just as politicians take voter registrations to the doorstep of Ghanaians at the polling centres, I will recommend that government provides NIA with extra resources such that they are able to deploy as close as possible to the citizens.”
He also urged government to collaborate with the NIA to ensure that persons living with disabilities are registered.