The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has explained why some telecommunications subscribers who had previously linked their SIM cards to their National Identification Numbers (NINs), still got their mobile lines barred.
NCC spokesman, Reuben Muoka, stressed that this happened to
<span;>“people who probably didn’t get a cleared or verified NIN”
Muoka explained that some SIM cards had verification and identification issues like disparity in information such as names and other data.
Many subscribers have complained that they had previously linked their NIN with their SIM cards years ago but
The NCC official stresses that the way forwards is for those affected to go verify and validate their NINs
“Some lines were barred because the information on the NIN did not tally with what the customers register with their SIM cards
“Now, it requires those physical visits to the stations to get it verified and validated but in the future, we hope that this will be done virtually,” the NCC spokesman said.
The NCC had last week issued a directive to telecom service providers to bar subscribers who have failed to link their phone numbers to their NIN on or before February 28, 2024.
As of December 2023, Nigeria has over 224 million, according to data by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
MTN has over 87 million subscribers, representing 38.79% of the total market share, the highest in the country by any licensed Mobile Network Operator (MNO).
Globacom and Airtel have 61 million subscribers each while 9mobile has 13.9 million users
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