Extend SIM card re-registration deadline – MoMo agents appeal to government
As the deadline for the SIM card re-registration exercise nears, the Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana has submitted an appeal to the government to consider an extension of the deadline for the exercise.
The association said that the mobile money business will be negatively affected should the government go ahead to implement the July 31 deadline.
In a statement endorsed by its General Secretary Evans Otumfuo, the group noted that the deadline should be extended to January 2023.
“As a business people in the industry, it will be very detrimental to our business and the industry, in general, should the government pursue the 31st July 2022. We appeal that with realism and having considered inconveniences and challenges, the government should extend the deadline to January 2023.”
Per current standings, the Government has set July 31 as the deadline for all persons to re-register their SIM cards with the Ghana card.
Meanwhile, the Communications and Digitalization Ministry has indicated that people who fail to comply with the directive will have their SIM cards deactivated.
Read statement below
