Federal Govt To Block SIM Cards Without National Identity Numbers
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government to block SIM cards that are not synchronized with the National Identity Numbers, NIN.
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, gave telecommunications operators in the country two weeks to block SIM Cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers, NIN.
This was made known in a statement by the NCC Director of Public Affairs of the NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde.
The director stressed that any telecom operators that failed to comply with the directive risked outright withdrawal of its licence or heavy penalty.
See statement below;
”Following the earlier directive on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) convened an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the Communications industry on Monday, December 14, 2020.
“The meeting had in attendance the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), as well as the CEOs and Management staff of all service providers in the industry.
“Stakeholders agreed that urgent drastic measures have now become inevitable to
improve the integrity and transparency of the SIM registration process.
“Following decisions were taken for immediate implementation by all Network Operators: Affirmation of the earlier directive to totally suspend registration of NEW SIMs by all operators.
“Operators to require ALL their subscribers to provide valid National Identification Number (NIN) to update SIM registration records.
“The submission of NIN by subscribers to take place within two weeks (from today December 16, 2020 and end by 30 December, 2020).
“After the deadline, ALL SIMs without NINs are to be blocked from the networks. A Ministerial Task Force comprising the Minister and all the CEOs (among others) as members is to monitor compliance by all networks.
“Violations of this directive will be met by stiff sanctions, including the possibility of withdrawal of operating license. The general public is hereby urged to ensure that their NINs are captured in their SIM registration data.”
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