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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has implemented the new Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Cards rules in the country.
NCC Director of Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Adinde said the implementation followed the earlier directive on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami.
He said that the minister had convened an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry.
According to him, the meeting had in attendance the NCC Management, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and CEOs of Service Providers in the industry.
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A file photo of NCC logo and some SIM cards.
The Federal Government has issued an ultimatum to all telecommunications operators in the country to block all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) without National Identification Number (NIN).
It also ordered the network operators to ask all their subscribers to provide valid NIN to update their records and suspend SIM registration.
These formed parts of the resolutions adopted for immediate implementation by all network operators at an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry held in Abuja.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, noted in a statement on Tuesday that the meeting was convened on Monday by the Minister, Dr Isa Pantami.
Nigerian govt orders MTN, others to demand NIN from all subscribers, block defaulters
The government had earlier directed a stop in the sale of new SIM cards.
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The Nigeria government has ordered all telecommunication service providers to ask all subscribers to provide their National Identification Numbers (NIN). Subscribers who fail to do so within two weeks are to be blocked from using their SIM cards.
This was the resolution reached at a meeting between the minister of communication and digital economy and stakeholders in the communication industry on Monday.
The resolution was disclosed by the spokesperson of the
The major telephone networks in Nigeria are MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat.
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