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Telecommunications operators in the country have complied with the Federal Government’s directive that suspended the registration and activation of new Subscribers Identification Modules (SIM) cards.
A visit to MTN outlets both at Fatai Atere, Matori and Airport road, Lagos showed that SIM cards were not being sold. Also Globacom office on Airport road was not activating any new SIM.
The roadside sellers usually at Oshodi, 7/8 bus stop, Cele Express and Ejigbo were not at their usual stands as at the time of filing this story.The service providers, under the aegis Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), had announced that in line with the Federal Government’s desire to consolidate the achievement of the SIM card registration exercise of September 2019, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would embark on another audit of the Subscriber Registration Database again.