The sole Tele communication operator, Ethio-telecom continues to urge its customers to make SIM card ownership transfers as it is one of the tools used to accelerate the journey of digitalization and apart of the customer service improvements that the institution is implementing.
As the statement of the telecom service provider indicates, there are large amount of service subscribers using SIM cards subscribed by other user names.
Customers who do not transfer SIM card ownership in their name will find it difficult to accommodate additional services. Therefore, these services cannot be processed unless the person who issued the SIM card has previously requested for ownership transfer.
“In addition to customer abuse, SIM registration is important for both the company and its customers as it can also generate revenue from the service since the number of concerned customers is not insignificant,” the Tele communication operator stated.
“Besides allowing the actual user to benefit from the wide range of services provided to facilitate connectivity through mobile phones when customers use SIM cards subscribed by other user names, it makes difficult to get bank related services which may include mobile banking and other and also to participate in lottery opportunities through mobile numbers,” Ethio-Telecom added.
To solve the problem Ethio –telecom started the works for ownership transfer for the past two years, but they have not completed this activity citing the fact that customers may not be able to come to the mall due to the global pandemic and other various reasons. However, currently Ethio-telecom has rejuvenated the work as a campaign to finalize the transfer which will be beneficial to its customers.
Regardless of the company not currently setting a deadline, a deadline is to be set in future which is will be announced through media outlets.
However, it is advisable for customers to immediately contact Ethio Telecom’s sales centers and register their SIM card in their name as the above mentioned problems may occur at any time.
In addition, unnamed customers may find it difficult to obtain a replacement SIM when their service is interrupted for example, when their mobile phone is stolen or lost.
To transfer SIM ownership customers are required to bring a working SIM card to the sales center. They are further required to complete and sign the contract for the transfer of ownership. Furthermore, a time limit of a year is set if transfer of ownership is done without the consent of the other. Ethio-telecom currently serves 46.2 million subscribers.
Ethio-Telecom urges SIM Card ownership transfer
የኢፌድሪ ሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት በትግራይ ክልል የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ አወጀ
የኢፌድሪ ሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት ዛሬ ጥቅምት 25/2013 ባደረገው 21ኛ አስቸኳይ ልዩ ስብሰባ መንግሥት የሀገርን ሰላምና ሕልውና፣ የሕዝብንና የዜጎችን ደህንነት የማረጋገጥ እና ሀገሪቷን ወደ ሁከትና ብጥብጥ የሚወስዱ ማናቸውንም ድርጊቶችን የመከላከል ሕገ መንግሥታዊ ኃላፊነት ያለበት መሆኑን በመገንዘብ፤ እንዲሁም በትግራይ ብሔራዊ ክልል ውስጥ ሕገ መንግሥቱንና ሕገ መንግሥታዊ ሥርዓቱን እንዲሁም የሕዝብን ሰላምና ፀጥታ አደጋ ላይ የሚጥሉ በተለይም የሀገርን ሉዐላዊነት የሚገዳደሩ፣ የፌደራል መንግሥት በሕገ መንግሥቱ የተሰጠውን ሥልጣንና ኃላፊነት በክልሉ እንዳይወጣ እና ሀገሪቷን የጦር አውድማ የሚያደርጉ፣ የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት ውሳኔዎችን ጭምር በመጣስ በርካታ ሕገ ወጥ ተግባራት እየተፈፀሙ በመሆኑ፤ ይህን ሁኔታ በመደበኛው የሕግ ማስከበር ሥርዓት ለመከላከልና ለመቆጣጠር የማይቻልበት ደረጃ ላይ መደረሱን በመረዳት፤ በሕገ መንግሥቱ በተደነገገው መሠረት ሕገ መንግሥታዊ ሥርዓቱን ለመጠበቅ ልዩ እርምጃዎችን መውሰድ የሚያስችል የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ በመደንገግ እና ተግባራዊ በማድረግ ሁኔታውን በመቆጣጠር በሀገሪቱ ሰላምና ሕልውና ላይ የተጋረጠውን አደጋ መከላከል አስፈላጊ ሆኖ በመገኘቱ፤ በኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ ሕገ መንግሥት አንቀጽ 93/1/ሀ መሰረት የሚከተለው የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ታውጆዋል።
የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁ ለስድስት ወራት ተፈጻሚ የሚሆን ሲሆን፣ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁን የሚያስፈፅም በኢፌድሪ ጦር ኃይሎች ጠቅላይ ኢታማዦር ሹም ሰብሳቢነት የሚመራና አግባብነት ካላቸው አካላት የተወጣጡ አባላት ያሉት ግብረኃይል በዚህ አዋጅ ተቋቁሟል። ግብረኃይሉ ተጠሪነቱ ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ሲሆን ‘‘የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ግብረሀይል’’ ተብሎ ይጠራል።አዋጁ በመላው የትግራይ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መስተዳድር ተፈፃሚ የሚደረግ ሲሆን፣ እንደያስፈላጊነቱ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁ ተፈፃሚ ወይም ቀሪ የሚሆንባቸውን ተጨማሪ አካባቢዎችነ ግብረኃይሉ በሚያወጣው በመመሪያ ይወስናል። የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁን አስመልክቶ ዝርዝር መርጃዎች በየጊዜው ለህብረተሰቡ የሚሰጡ ይሆናል።
Lidya Tafesse From basketball to top level Football refereeing
Starting off as a professional basketball player, not many thought Lidya Tafesse Abebe would trade the rims and bounces for the whistle, and not in basketball, but football. The 40-year old has been on a 20 -year journey of refereeing, becoming the first ever woman to officiate a men’s top flight game in Ethiopia.
She was also the first ever woman FIFA centre referee in the East African nation.
“I started off in Jimma while still playing basketball. I played football in school but basketball was my first sport. I was interested when I met one of the instructors doing some courses and some of us from the basketball team were invited. I liked how he was teaching and I got interested more,” Tafesse says.
The seed planted in her soul by the FIFA/CAF instructor Shiferaw Eshetu continued to germinate and grow as the days went on.
When she moved to the capital Addis Ababa to continue her basketball career and pursue a course in Pharmacy, the interest continued and soon, she started building on with more courses and when it became apparent that she had found some new love, dumped the old one; basketball.
“I was part of the female referees project and I started off by doing the Under-15, 17 games, the local tournaments as well as some Federation tournaments. I got more certification and I started doing the Men’s Premier League as an assistant referee and in 2005, I became a centre referee,” narrates Tafesse.
The journey, though satisfying hasn’t been easy for the mother of one. When she started, there were no women referees and when she officiated men’s games, there was even more difficulty.
But her resilience and desire to make a mark in Ethiopian football drover her passion.
“It was very difficult when I started because sometimes, some people would ask why I decided to go into refereeing as a woman when there were no any other women doing the same. But my family supported me and I am grateful for them,”
“Also, I came from a sports background and the fact that while playing basketball we trained and played against some men teams gave me confidence and it wasn’t so difficult for me at times, even when I did men’s games,” explains Tafesse.
(FIFA)
CAF president Ahmed facing possible FIFA ban
CAF president Ahmad Ahmad is facing a possible FIFA ban after allegedly breaching the world football governing body’s code of ethics.
Ahmad, who is also FIFA’s sitting vice-president, has reportedly fallen foul of the organization’s investigatory chamber who has found that the Malagasy official has breached “various codes of conduct”.
According to an exclusive report by BBC Sport Africa, the alleged breaches relate to Ahmad’s apparent involvement in CAF’s controversial deal with Tactical Steel, which also saw the 60-year-old face investigation by French anti-corruption authorities last year.
Ahmad, who is yet to be charged with any offence, previously described the accusations made against him as being “totally false, malicious and defamatory”.
The revelations come just one day after he announced his intention to run for a second term as CAF president, having held the position since 2017 when he ousted former chief Issa Hayatou.
In the mean time a letter has been sent to Confederation African Football (CAF) President Ahmed from 46 of the 54 member associations requesting him to run for a second year-term.
The presidency election is scheduled for Rabat next March and the 60-year-old has until November 12 to decide whether he will seek re-election. A simple majority –28 votes if each association participate is required to win the election but no official has announced their candidacy.
(BBC)
