NPP Deputy Communications Director Slams Proposed SIM Re-Registration as “Loot and Share” Exercise
The Deputy National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has strongly criticised the government’s planned nationwide SIM card re-registration exercise, describing it as unnecessary, wasteful, and a potential avenue for corruption.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, Kamal-Deen argued that the exercise would cost the nation millions of cedis without delivering any meaningful improvement in data integrity or national security.
Instead of launching a fresh registration drive, he proposed a comprehensive audit of the existing SIM registration database, suggesting that any identified gaps or discrepancies should be corrected through close collaboration with the National Identification Authority (NIA).
He also called on the Ministry of Communications to ensure full accountability by identifying and sanctioning officials responsible for past irregularities while recovering any misappropriated funds.
“Sam George should come again. The communication is quite bad and low. This exercise is going to cost this nation millions of cedis again,” he said. “If we look at it properly, the exercise is just to create loot and share. Somebody just wants to create loot and share. This exercise is needless; we do not have to go through it again.”
Kamal-Deen’s comments come after the National Communications Authority (NCA) revealed that an audit of SIM card registration data from 2021 to 2023 showed zero fingerprint matches when cross-checked with the national identity database. The findings have raised serious questions about the credibility and accuracy of the current records.
The NCA has indicated that the audit results form part of preparations for the proposed re-registration exercise, which is intended to clean up the database and strengthen national security systems.
The NPP communicator maintained that a new registration round is not the solution and warned that it could become another expensive venture that burdens taxpayers without solving the underlying problems.
As the debate intensifies, stakeholders and the general public are keenly watching to see how the Communications Ministry and the NCA will respond to the growing criticism of the planned SIM re-registration exercise.
