Sam George, a member of parliament for Ningo-Prampram, has revealed that despite participating in the SIM registration process, Alban Bagbin, the speaker of parliament, has had his official SIM card revoked.
After the May 31 deadline for the registration exercise was declared by the government, the major telecommunications companies cancelled nearly 8 million unregistered SIM cards.
Sam George emphasized the need for the Minister to show up on time in order to address concerns expressed about the procedure, even though Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications, has been scheduled to appear before Parliament on Thursday, June 8, 2023, to inform the legislators on the exercise.
“Over 8 million SIM cards have been disconnected including the [that of the] Speaker of Parliament. His official SIM card has been disconnected even though it was registered in the name of the Parliament of Ghana. My SIM card was [also] disconnected.
“We are insisting that the National Identification Authority provides us with the Ghana Card, so we can register our SIM cards. It is important that the Minister appears before us to answer questions, if possible, even today because people’s livelihoods have been affected and people’s mobile monies have been stacked due to the disconnection.”
Source: Citinewsroom
