{"id":57577,"date":"2023-04-13T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/13\/short-code-to-verify-number-of-sims-associated-with-a-ghana-card-coming-nca\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:14:10","slug":"short-code-to-verify-number-of-sims-associated-with-a-ghana-card-coming-nca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/13\/short-code-to-verify-number-of-sims-associated-with-a-ghana-card-coming-nca\/","title":{"rendered":"Short code to verify number of SIMs associated with a Ghana Card coming &#8211; NCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The National Communications Authority (NCA) has said it has partnered with the Telcos to actively work on a short code for Individual Subscribers to verify the number of SIMs associated with a Ghana card.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NCA said a subscriber just needs to type the shortcode on the phone, and after a verification process using the Ghana card pin, the number of SIMs associated with the Ghana card will be displayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no need for Subscribers to physically go to the Telco to verify same when the shortcode is operational, by the end of April, 2023, after the testing has been completed and approved,\u201d the NCA, said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/facebook-minimal.jpg\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-service=\"facebook\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element cmplz-iframe cmplz-iframe-styles cmplz-no-video \" data-cmplz-target=\"src\" data-src-cmplz=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fncaghana%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02uwMdC2mk8sNYfjtvoQoKfudng1XVCJMQ9a9LBM1EmaurV4iQ22rCkYj6TRvB9p36l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/short-code-to-verify-number-of-sims-associated-with-a-ghana-card-coming-nca\/about:blank\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This follows reports of SIM registration fraud.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament Samuel Nartey George said that there is widespread evidence of multiple breaches of citizens\u2019 personal data in the SIM card registration exercise.<\/p>\n<p>In his view, this is a grave issue in any country.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, he said \u201cThere is widespread evidence that there are multiple breaches of citizen\u2019s personal data during the SIM card registration exercise. A grave issue in any serious jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not forget that I had raised this issue on the 17th of October 2022 and the response from the\u00a0National Communications Authority\u00a0Ghana was that they were doing mystery shopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Director of Legal at the Regulator is not telling us steps taken to check the extent of the breach but is shifting responsibility to citizens to wait for an app to check if they have suffered a breach. Good graces! How low have we sunk as a nation?\u201d parts of the post he shared read.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Communications Authority (NCA) has said it has partnered with the Telcos to actively work on a short code for Individual Subscribers to verify the number of SIMs associated with a Ghana card. 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