The Ministry of Communications and Digitalization (MoCD) Ghana, recently launched the National SIM Card Re-registration Exercise across Ghana starting October 1, 2021.
According to the National Communications Authority (NCA), all network operators or service providers are to activate a SIM Card only after the subscriber registers the SIM Card.
The Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said this when she took her turn at the Minister’s Press Briefing at the Ministry of Information’s Press Center on September 5, 2021.
Starting October 1, 2021, every subscriber is required to provide the name and residential or occupational address, date of birth, in the case of an individual; and Certificate of Incorporation, in the case of a body corporate; or registration, in the case of a partnership or an unincorporated body of persons; and an identification document.
Only the National Identity Card popularly known as Ghana Card issued to an individual shall be used for registration of SIM cards of Citizens, Foreign Residents, and Foreigners staying in Ghana for more than 90 days. In the case of foreigners staying in Ghana for less than 90 days, the non-citizen Ghana Card, a valid passport, or other travel document is required.
Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful stated that “This isn’t the first attempt to register SIM Cards but all the previous efforts failed because of the lack of a verifiable secure identification document”. She further indicated that the above situation also led to the influx of pre-registered SIM Cards in the system hence our inability to track and trace people who commit crimes with the SIM cards.
“The prevalence of fake IDs and a non-existent system of verifying the IDs led to unscrupulous individuals procuring hundreds of SIM Cards for SIM Boxing leading to the loss of revenue for the state. The Ghana card provides the basis for a successful SIM registration exercise this time”, she said.
All existing subscribers can reregister their SIM Cards via USSD or a SIM registration App (which is not yet provided)
How to Re-register Your SIM Card with Your Ghana Card
Stage One
- First, dial *404#
- Then Enter Ghana Card PIN (Enter letters and figures without the hyphens)
- Confirm Ghana Card PIN
- Enter Your Surname
- Enter Your First name(s)
- Enter Your Date of Birth (DDMMYY)
- Select Your Sex (Male or Female)
- Confirm all Your Details
- Submit Details Provided after Confirmation
Note
- If successful, you get a confirmation message with a unique code
- If unsuccessful due to wrong details, you have only 3 attempts to answer security questions
- If unsuccessful due to verification failure at the National Identification Authority (NIA), you will be informed to contact the NIA.
7 replies on “How to Re-register Your SIM Card with Your Ghana Card”
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Thanks for the education but it’s been 3 weeks now since I did mine .The response I had was “your application is awaiting varification”
But as we speak I have not received any confirmation code
yeah…you will receive it soon