- The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Wednesday, gave telecommunication operators a seven days ultimatum to deactivate all improper and pre-registered Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards or face sanctions.
- Pre-registered SIM cards include those that did not capture facial pictures and or fingerprints. Operators were however told to notify such subscribers before deactivation of their SIM cards.
- NCC said more than 120 million SIM cards have been registered and transmitted to the central database by the operators, adding that validation exercise reveals a preponderance of unreliable data in terms of incomplete, inaccurate demographic and biometric data.
- The Commission, in a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Tony Ojobo, in Abuja, said it is worried by the seemingly intractable security situation in the country.
- According to the statement, the development was as a result of the fallout of a meeting between Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Department of State Service (DSS), the network operators and the NCC
- Source: Thisday
Deactivate Improperly Registered Sim Cards Or Else…. NCC Orders Telecom Coys
