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April 24, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC saysthat it will henceforth prosecute those involved in fraudulent registration ofSIM card.
The commission said it would no longer be businessas usual, threatening that anyone caught would be made liable to face twentyyears imprisonment as prescribed by the law.
The NCC Executive Commissioner, StakeholderManagement Sunday Dare made this known at the South-South RegionalSensitisation Workshop on the dangers of fraudulently-activated SIM cards inPort Harcourt, Rivers state.
According to a statement in Abuja, Dare wasrepresented at the forum by NCC Director, Compliance Monitoring and EnforcementEfosa Idehen, said past efforts to educate and sanction fraudulent SIM cardregistration operators had failed to yield results, hence the legalperspective. He said added that year of continuous fight against the fraudulentoperators started in 2012.