BREAKING: Nigerian Communications Commission Orders Immediate Reactivation Of All Blocked SIM Cards
This directive was contained in a press explain made readily available in the market to newsmen by the NCC Director of Media and Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the on the spot reactivation of all SIM cards barred by the telecommunication corporations in the country attributable to the non-linkage of National Identification Numbers to SIM cards.
This directive was contained in a press explain made readily available in the market to newsmen by the NCC Director of Media and Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka.
Recall that hundreds of Nigeria, on Sunday, aroused from sleep to their SIM cards being barred by the MTN administration.
The company claimed that the affected subscribers didn’t link their National Identification Quantity (NIN) with their SIM cards.
The disconnection comes as Nigerian regulators stress telcos to place in power the NIN-linkage protection launched in December 2020.
In February 2024, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) instructed telcos to bar subscribers who failed to link their phone numbers to their NIN on or sooner than February 28, 2024.
The decrease-off date was prolonged to April 15, 2024, and later July 31, 2024.
SaharaReporters moreover credibly heard that MTN had begun to conform with this directive, as some customers were allowed to make use of their sim cards for advise calls and data connections on Monday afternoon despite no efforts to link them with NIN or register them.
SaharaReporters moreover reported that rankings of Nigerians stormed the offices of the massive telecommunication company, MTN Neighborhood Tiny in critical cities in the country to bellow the blockage and disconnection of their SIM cards.
