Unsolicited messages: 12 million subscribers report telcos to NCC

About 12 million telecommunications subscribers have asked
service providers not to disturb them with unsolicited text
messages and calls, the Nigerian Communications Commission has
said.

Executive Vice Chairman at NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this
when he met with Kano actors and film makers (popularly known as
Kannywood) in Kano, according to a statement made available to our
correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday.

The NCC boss urged the artists and film makers to spread the
message of consumer protection tools of the commission such as 2442
Do-not-Disturb short code and 622 toll free line.

Danbatta told the group that about 12 million subscribers had
activated the 2442 short code from less than 500, 000 before the
commencement of the Year of the Consumer campaign which the
regulatory agency ran in 2017.

The NCC boss also urged them to help the country to attain
necessary change by churning out films whose messages target
positive attitudinal and transformational changes.

Danbatta hailed the Kannywood industry for coming of age, adding
that the commission appreciated the critical role the artists play
in reaching out to the target audience and hence the choice of
popular actor, Ali Nuhu, and Helen Paul, from Nollywood as the
faces of its Year of the Consumer Campaign.

He said, “We deliberately made them our ambassadors. And we know
that Ali Nuhu is your ambassador, too, as he represents you. So
this commission has always explored synergies like this, in line
with our critical stakeholder engagement agenda.”

The NCC helmsman also enjoined the artists to support the
government by producing more films with a moral lesson, noting that
films were not only known for entertainment but also for the
lessons they taught.

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