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May 10, 2019
The NigerianCommunications Commission, NCC is set launch the second phase of SubscriberIdentity Module, SIM registration database to track kidnappers and armedbandits.
NCC said it wouldbegin the second phase of its ongoing audit of SIM registration data andregistration processes across all Mobile Network Operator, MNO platforms.
The Commission in astatement said the audit is specifically to monitor operators’ strict adherenceto the technical and other specifications for the subscriber registration asprescribed by the NCC’s Telephone Subscribers Registration Regulations of 2011and the Technical Standards and Specifications issued by the commission in2011.
The Commission’s NCCExecutive Vice Chairman Umar Garba Danbatta, said that the NCC is verysensitive to the fact that the Subscriber Registration Database is a veritabletool being used by security and law enforcement agencies, adding that it willhelp in detection and apprehension of criminal elements involved in heinouscrimes like kidnapping, financial crimes, armed robbery, banditry and othercrimes which leverage on easy access to the national telecoms network.