THE Federal Government on Wednesday directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to review SIM card registration
The directive came in the wake of the rising wave of killings and kidnapping for ransom and general insecurity.
According to a statement by the Minister’s Technical Adviser, Dr. Femi Adeluyi, the revision of the policy would be undertaken before December 1. “The revision of the policy is based on the feedback received from the security agencies following the successful revalidation of improperly registered SIM cards in September 2019 and the blocking of those that failed to revalidate their SIMs.”The updated policy is expected to include the following provisions, amongst others:
There should be a maximum number of SIM cards that can be tied to a single individual, possibly a maximum of three;Ensure that subscribers can easily check the number of SIM cards registered to their name, along with the associated phone numbers and networks;
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