MONROVIA – SIM cards owners in Liberia will now have to obtain a National Identification Card or stand the risk of being temporarily blocked by GSM operators on the orders of the Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA). On Friday, the Liberia telecommunication Authority (LTA), the National Identification Registry (NIR) and the two Telephone operators (Lone-Star MTN &Orange Liberia) have signed agreed in a memorandum of Understanding that of November 2020 everyone who has a Sim Card of any of the GSM must have a National Identification Card. Madam Zackpah said: “If you have a National ID card you need to go to your telephone operator to register or re-register. What is expected is that everybody with a National ID card will have to reach out to their service providers. December 31 of 2021, everyone who has a sim card is someone who has a National ID card.

Source: Front Page Africa November 02, 2020 05:03 UTC