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Buhari’s directive to the NCC was contained in the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. The directive, according to Buhari, must be fully implemented by the end of July 2021.
The policy stated that the implementation of a Centralized Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) otherwise known as Device Management System (DMS) will serve as a repository for keeping records of all registered mobile phones’ International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and owners of such devices.
The policy
“IMEIs that have been reported as either stolen or illegal will be shared through the DMS to all the operators and service providers,” the policy stated that “the purpose is to ensure that such devices do not work even if different SIM Cards are inserted in those devices.
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We Would Rather Trek To Togo, Others Than Submit Our Phones IMEI Numbers To Pantami Nigerians Vow
A lot of people insisted the Nigerian government has an evil agenda for attempting to strip them off their privacy.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 21, 2021
Nigerians have vowed not to release their International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their mobile phones to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), if Isa Pantami remains the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.
The defiance expressed by many Nigerians followed reports on Friday morning that the NCC said Nigerians would have to submit the IMEI of their phones to the commission from July.
Some Nigerians on social media have slammed the Nigerian Communications Commission for asking them to submit the International Mobile Equipm.
Some Nigerians on social media have slammed the Nigerian Communications Commission for asking them to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity of their mobile phones to the commission.
According to them, the NCC should leave decent Nigerians alone and focus on how to track kidnappers and bandits who use their phones to contact families of victims to demand ransom.
It was earlier reported that the NCC, in its Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration, called for Nigerians to submit the IMEI numbers of their phones to the commission from July.