Policy think tank IMANI Africa has filed a Right to Information (RTI) demanding full disclosure of the Government’s planned nationwide SIM registration exercise scheduled for early 2026.
IMANI Africa, in their RTI request, is seeking full clarity on the Ministry of Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovations’ proposed nationwide SIM registration exercise.
The request was submitted on Monday, December 8, 2025, to the Ministry of Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovations.
IMANI, in their RTI request, is seeking details on the legal framework, technical design, procurement processes, and data protection safeguards underpinning the initiative
They further revealed their request was formally received by the Minister’s secretary.
The RTI request follows Bright Simons, IMANI Africa’s Honorary Vice President, over the past few days, chasing the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Sam Nartey George, for more details concerning the SIM re-registration exercise.
The IMANI Africa Honorary Vice President, in his initial post, quizzed Sam George on three things regarding the fresh Nationwide SIM registration exercise to be rolled out by the first quarter of 2026.
He questioned, “Is this re-registration thing going to involve: Another sole-sourced contract? Citizens leaving precious work aside to join long, snaking queues? Another slew of errors, repeats, recalls, etc?
According to Bright Simons, Ghana has had multiple mass SIM card registrations that mysteriously never deliver a functional database, adding that this time around, they will protect Ghanaian time and resources.
He revealed he got a message that Sam George has authorised that the re-registration be given to Transactly.
In an X post on December 5, 2025, he wrote, “Ghana has had multiple mass SIM card registrations that mysteriously never deliver a functional database. Why? Because often the whole process is rushed, poorly planned, and poorly defined. You yourself agree wholeheartedly with this, correct?
Our goal this time around is to ROBUSTLY PREVENT YOU FROM WASTING THE PEOPLE’S TIME AND RESOURCES with another badly planned, poorly defined, and rushed mess.
Last time we looked closely to try and find out why these SIM card re-registration processes seem to lead to a mess (a mess you don’t deny), we found that sole-sourced procurement was a factor. A contractor without experience was inserted into the process, leading to a system that you now claim is a mess, hence the need to redo it.
This time, we intend to PREVENT the mess, or any excuse for a mess, before it even happens.
Additionally, Sam Nartey George has dared Bright Simons to provide evidence of his claimed sole-sourced contract for SIM registration.
Sam George boldly declared he is ready to resign as Communication Minister once Mr Simons provides evidence of a sole-sourced contract for SIM registration.
Also, Bright Simons, in a new post on X, alerted Sam George to their RTI request saying, “Dear Mantse Minister @samgeorgegh,
We believe the RTI is now in your hands.
Given your vigorous Twitter/X commentary on the subject, we trust that we don’t have to wait for the statutory 14 days to receive all the documents on the SIM card registration exercise for our ongoing analysis & public education. We are standing by. 🙏🏽”
See the post below:
Dear Mantse Minister @samgeorgegh,
— Bright Simons (@BBSimons) December 9, 2025
We believe the RTI is now in your hands.
Given your vigorous Twitter/X commentary on the subject, we trust that we don't have to wait for the statutory 14 days to receive all the documents on the SIM card registration exercise for our ongoing… https://t.co/vVy0mQ3pdw