NCC deactivates 2.2m improperly registered SIM Cards

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“Following the September 2019 Ministerial directive, however, the NCC, within a week, intensified efforts by reducing the number of improperly registered SIM cards from 9.2 million to 2.2 million.”

The Nigerian Communications Commission has completely deactivated 2.2 million Improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module Cards across Telecommunication networks nationwide.

“We have since initiated the second phase of SIM deactivation based on the Ministerial directive and as at today, we have completely deactivated the remaining 2.2 million lines on the networks. He, however, said that over the years, the NCC had worked with determination and through various policy initiatives, to rid mobile networks of improperly or invalidly registered SIM cards.

“As at the time the Ministerial order was issued, the Commission, through its Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement team, had reduced the number of improperly-registered SIM cards on mobile networks in the country to 9.2 million.” He also said that the National Identity Management Commission was inclusive to ensure a clean SIM database, adding that the audit exercise was concluded in August 2019.

 

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