Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has raised the alarm that the
Federal Government’s directive on Serial Identificatin Module (SIM)
card registration exercise meant to furnish the commission with bio-data
of telephone subscribers in the country is being sabotaged by some
Nigerians.
The commission’s head of enforcement unit for Oyo and
Osun states, Mr Efosa Idehen, stated this at a press conference, held at
the NCC office, Bodija, Ibadan.
He revealed that the commission
had arrested and handed over to the police, three hawkers and agents of
telecommunication firms in Oyo and Osun states selling pre-registered
SIM cards.
Idehen also told newsmen that the commission had sealed
off the office of an agent of one of the telecommunication firms at
Dugbe area of Ibadan for aiding the circumvention of the SIM
registration process.
According to him, “it is no longer news that
some people are into the sales of fully activated SIM cards and this is
not supposed to be. There is a clique between the agents and the
hawkers. This is why we are dealing with the supply chain.
“We are
hereby sending a message to those involved that this is a sensitive
process to the Federal Government. We want to know the total number of
people using SIM cards and those using two, three phones or more and
why? We are really serious about it.”
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