THE Deputy Manager of Consumer and Corporate Affairs of the National Communication Authority (NCA), Mr John Benyarku Essamuah, has said the registration of SIM cards is not fetish but is in line with emerging trend of biometric values in the society.
He said registration indices could match with those of a passport, driving licenses, national identity for health insurance, voters’ identity card, among others, which had become relevant in the current regime of biometrism in the country, as well as safeguarding the security of users.
Mr Essamuah said this at a sensitisation workshop for district information officers and allied staff of the Ministry of Information in Ho in the Volta Region last Thursday.
It came to light at the forum that some agents of telecommunication companies were charging fees from mobile phone owners whereas it was against the directives of the NCA because the NCA and operators had borne some cost to make the registration exercise free.
Mr Essamuah warned against fake registration on behalf of others, adding that agents of operators should ensure that they dealt with only genuine identity cards.
He said the registration offered safety of choice against hackers but without registration, it could not be possible.
Mr Essamuah stated that all new SIM cards registered before July 1, this year, had been blocked and hinted that handsets would be registered next year.
The deputy manager said revenue leakage had been blocked with the introduction of the registration exercise and asked information officers to sensitise the public on the challenges of the project.
The Regional Director of the Information Services Department (ISD), Mr Bennet Dzogbelu, tasked information officers to deliver accurate messages to the people.
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