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.
According to him, the meeting resolved that the submission of
NIN by subscribers would take place between December 16 and 30,
2020.
The government stated that after the deadline, all SIMs without
NINs should be blocked from the networks while a Ministerial Task
Force comprising the minister and all the CEOs, among others, as
members would monitor compliance by all networks.
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It warned that violations of the directives by any network
operator would be met by stiff sanctions, including the possibility
of withdrawal of operating licences.
Adinde explained that the meeting followed the earlier directive
on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators.
The need to consolidate the achievements of last year’s SIM
registration audit and improve the performance and sanity of the
sector was exhaustively discussed and all stakeholders agreed that
urgent drastic measures had become inevitable to improve the
integrity and transparency of the SIM registration process.
Those in attendance included the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
and management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and
the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
Other were top officials of the National Identity Management
Commission (NIMC), as well as the CEOs and management staff of all
service providers in the industry.
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