The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has called the bluff of the Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu over her threat to start blocking SIM cards from October 31st 2022.
According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, there is no way in hell that Ursula can block anyone’s SIM cards starting from October 31st.
The MP says this is because there is a court case surrounding the SIM re-registration exercise which is in court and taking any actions prejudicial to the case would land Ursula in contempt of court.
“The minister can keep shifting the goalpost and speaking fanciful English but the facts are simple. She cannot deactivate anybody’s SIM card at the end of October simply because she herself is a lawyer and when the NCA was claiming there was no case in court, we told them to tell the Ghanaian people the truth.
“On the 13th of this month, the NCA represented by Gary Nimako who is their lawyer and director of legal affairs, [and] Dr. Poku Adusei were in court. They were there to respond to our injunction case that has been filed. The judge said he hadn’t read the process and so he was adjoining to the 10th of November. However, being a lawyer and with the counsel that she has, she knows the implication of an injunction motion being served on you and she knows that any action that she takes will lead her to be cited for contempt,” the lawmaker said.
His comments come after a statement from the Communications Minister released October 17th for the first time addressed the SIM card re-registration exercise which was supposed to have ended on September 30th.
According to Ursula, Ghanaians have now been given to the end of October to complete the registration process and avoid their SIM cards being blocked.
“All SIM Cards that have been linked to Ghana Cards (i.e. completed Stage 1 registration), but have not completed their Stage 2 registration will be blocked from the end of October.
“This is not an extension of the deadline but a temporary moratorium to encourage these individuals to complete the process. If they have any peculiar challenges, they should contact the NCA. These good people have the Ghana card, have started the process and will be encouraged to complete it with this gentle reminder. All other unregistered SIMs will also be blocked progressively,” part of the statement read.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com