Parliament briefed on SIM card registration plans, committee endorses exercise

The Chairman of Information and Communications Committee of Parliament, Hon. Bandim Lamangin Abed-Nego, has revealed that the Minister for Communications, Hon. Samuel George, has appeared before the committee to explain the government's plans for a new SIM card registration exercise. The exercise is expected to take place later this year and aims to address concerns over the inadequacy of the existing database, which was deemed "not fit for purpose" due to widespread fraud and cloning of nation…