“We published another deadline for those who have submitted their NIN but it failed because it has not been verified, that is the one that is due for disconnection today,” Mr Muoka said.
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Reuben Muoka, the director of public affairs of the commission disclosed this to PREMIUM TIMES during a telephone interview Friday evening. “We published another deadline for those who have submitted their NIN but it failed because it has not been verified, that is the one that is due for disconnection today. While another set is the ones with ghost verification, these are for those who have more than five numbers,” Mr Mouka said.
The Max-4 rule announced by the Federal Government in April 2021 provides that telecom subscribers cannot have more than four lines per mobile network operator.The NCC has also provided Mobile Network Operators an extension till 31 July, to verify all NINs submitted by subscribers with four or fewer SIMs, as well as bar those whose NINs fail verification with NIMC.
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