THE use of Togo-registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards by Ghanaians living along the Ghana-Togo border to access mobile network services poses a potential national security threat, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Tatale-Sanguli, Mrs Mary Tagba, has warned.
She said the situation, largely resulting from poor network connectivity on the Ghanaian side of the border, exposed the personal and biometric information of Ghanaian residents to possible access and misuse by foreign entities.
Mrs Tagba has, therefore, appealed to the government and relevant state agencies to urgently address the network challenges to protect the personal data of residents in border communities.
She raised the concern in an interview with the media after appearing with officials of the District Assembly before Parliament’s Committee on Local Government and Rural Development at a public hearing on Friday.
The hearing was to consider the 2025 Auditor-General’s Report on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), referred to the Committee by the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin.
Mrs Tagba said she discovered the situation during a visit to the Ghana-Togo border, where security officers drew her attention to the use of Togo-registered SIM cards to collect personal information. Read More
BY BENJAMIN ARCTON-TETTEY
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