Tag: NIA
Owners of over 13.7 million SIM cards boycotted re-registration
More than one year after the commencement of SIM re-registration, owners of over 13.7 million SIM cards had made no attempt to re-register their SIMs...
Nine persons sue NCA over SIM Registration directive
Some nine persons have dragged the National Communication Authority (NCA) to the High Court over its directives on Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card reregistration.The...
SIM Registration Self-Service App goes live
The SIM Card Registration Self-Service Application (App) has been released, says the National Communications Authority (NCA).The App is intended for subscribers who have done...
Ghana Card saves SSNIT ¢60 million on biometric cards printing
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it has made a ¢60 million savings after halting the printing of the SSNIT biometric...
148,000 workers’ bio-data do not match any Ghana Card details –...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said a staggering 148,060 workers on government payroll at the Controller and Accountant-General's Department have biometric identifications which...
Uber to deactivate riders who don’t have Ghana Card
Uber is asking the millions of Ghanaians who have signed up to its hailing taxi app to update their details with the Ghana Card...
We stand by content of leaked letter – NIA
The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it stands by the content of the leaked September 13, 2021 letter in which it casts doubt on...
Understanding Ghana’s SIM Registration Exercise – An Insider’s Perspective (Part 1)
As of early 2021, over 157 countries globally require mandatory SIM registration with some level of proof of identity. A good number of these...
NIA casts doubts on NCA’s bio data for SIM Registration
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has cast doubts over the ability of the bio data being collected by National Communications Authority (NCA) to be...
SIM re-registration: the Mistrust Between NIA and Telcos on Database
There has been series of whines by governments on fraudulent activities embarked on by unscrupulous citizens using Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards.This has necessitated...