The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has barred citizens below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module, SIM in Nigeria. This is according to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations.
I was gathered that the Licensee refers to ‘a provider of communications services that utilises a subscription medium in the Federal Republic of Nigeria’. The procedures were made in line with the powers conferred upon the commission by section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003.
In accordance with Section 57 of the Act, the NCC conducted a Public Inquiry on the Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, alongside the draft SIM Replacement Guidelines and the draft Spectrum Trading Guidelines at its head office in Abuja on Tuesday.
NCC’s Executive Commissioner Stakeholders’ Management Adeleke Adewolu noted that the public inquiry is an opportunity that enables the commission develop and review its regulatory instruments by incorporating the comments and suggestions of industry stakeholders.
