A lot of Ghanaians have been complaining on social media about the numerous and unknown sim cards that have been linked to their Ghana Cards.
On Monday, 1st May, 2023, the National Communications Authority opened a portal for Ghanaians to check the number of sim cards that have been connected to their Ghana Cards. Following this, some Ghanaians have revealed that some unknown sim card numbers have been linked with their Ghana Cards without their consent.
In today’s article, we will find out what you will do if you have fallen a victim to these issues.
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If your Ghana Card is linked with some sim cards other than your own, visit any office of your telecommunications network. If you are an MTN user, simply visit any MTN office in Ghana with your Ghana Card. You willy be sorted out in less than 30 minutes.
Checking of Number of SIMs connected to your Ghana Card Activated Today. Our Checks from the short code provided reveal that the system has been activated, and you can check the numbers linked to your Ghana card from your phone from anywhere.
Following reports that some Ghanaians have found out more SIMs have been registered under their name without their knowledge, the NCA has initiated a process to help registered Ghana Card owners know and check the SIM Numbers Connected To Ghana Card.
There are two ways to check this out. These are the use of the Short Code and the Visitation and request for details on your Ghana Card.
When will the Short Code for checking SIM Numbers Connected To The Ghana Card Become Active?
Per information made public, subscribers can get the results through the use of the Short Code from May 1st 2023.
HOW TO CHECK THE NUMBER OF SIM CARDS CONNECTED TO MY GHANA CARD
Step1: Enter short code *402*1#
Step 2: Choose Option 1 – CHECK SIMs
Step 3: You will be requested to enter your Ghana CARD ID (including the GHA)
Step 4: Enter your date of birth
Date of birth should be entered in the DD/MM/YYYY format example is as E.g 14121990 which is 14th December 1990., Do not write oe enter this way 12/12/1990/12-12-1990
#5. Wait for your Numbers to be revealed.
When the system is under pressure and many people are checking, you may receive a message like (System Error Occurred. Please try again.)
If (System Error Occurred. Please try again.) is returned, do well to try after some minutes.