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March 9, 2020
TheNigerian Communications Commission, NCC says it had successfully deactivatedall incomplete-registered Subscribers Identification Modules, SIM cards acrossall Mobile Network Operators in the country.
TheExecutive Vice Chairman of NCC, Umar Garba Danbatta, who announced this inAbuja, said the move became necessary to curb activities of criminals in thecountry.
Headded that over the years, the commission had worked through various policyinitiatives, to rid mobile networks of invalidly-registered SIM cards to ensurethat all the current over 184 million registered mobile lines across networkshave valid data that are traceable.
Thecommission had, in June 2019 started the second round of comprehensiveverification audit of MNOs’ SIM card registration, as part of its ongoingregulatory interventions, such as the setting up of the SIM RegistrationIndustry Task Force, which led to resolutions, which included the IndustryWorking Group on harmonization of SIM registration process with the NationalIdentity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure a clean SIM database.