The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has confirmed that telecom operators have barred all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) which have yet to be linked to their owners’ National Identity Numbers (NINs).
NCC had last week given the operators the go-ahead to block about 11.2m lines whose owners had failed to link them with their NINs.
The commission’s directive followed the expiration of the months long ultimatum given last year to telecom customers to link their SIMs with their NINs before February 28.
But speaking on Monday, the Commission’s Spokesman, Reuben Mouka, said those subscribers disconnected were not serious about their NIN- SIM linkage.
Mouka who disclosed this during a Television interview on Monday noted that the primary objective of the policy is to
