General News of Saturday, 21 March 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has defended her role in Ghana’s SIM card registration exercise, pushing back against what she calls “false narratives” aimed at discrediting her work, according to citinewsroom.com report. According to the report, in a statement issued on March 20, 2026, Owusu-Ekuful emphasised that the 2022–2023 registration drive, though not flawless, successfully linked nearly 30 million SIM cards to Ghana Cards. She argued that the initiative strengthened the country’s national identification system and laid a solid foundation for future digital governance. NCA audit finds zero fingerprint match in SIM registrations“This government should stop pretending that it is starting afresh or doing anything new…governance is a continuum. Concluding her remarks, Owusu-Ekuful switched to Twi, declaring: “Wo nyi m’ayɛ a, mɛnsɛi me din!

Source: GhanaWeb March 21, 2026 07:09 UTC