Blocked SIM Cards Can Only Be Retrieved Within 6 Months – NCA

The National Communications Authority (NCA) says individuals whose SIM cards will be blocked after the September 30 deadline set for the re-registration exercise can only retrieve them within a six-month grace period. Unregistered SIM cards will also afterwards be completely removed from the system. According to the

Deputy Director for Consumer and Corporate Affairs at NCA, Kwame Gyan, this forms part of punitive measures to be instituted to rid the system of unregistered SIM cards. He also noted that there is no limit for SIM card registration as people purchase SIM cards on a daily basis. His comments come at the back of NCA’s resolve

to roll out some punitive actions against users who have not registered SIM cards starting Monday, September 5, 2022. After you have gone off the network from October 1, you have a six-month window to be able to get your number back by going through the registration process. If you fail to do that after 6 months, then, of course, we

assume that you don’t want your number back, he stated. Outgoing calls and data services for a sequential batch of numbers will also be blocked for 2 days weekly on a rotational basis. Mr Gyan believes the action taken by the NCA will ensure and enable people who are yet to get their Ghana cards registered to do so.