The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said that the duplication of National Identification Numbers is responsible for the new wave of complaints from subscribers who have had their SIMs barred despite linking them to their NINs....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
This, according to NCC, is due to the activity of third-party agents who duplicate NINs for unsuspecting telecom subscribers.
The commission revealed this at a recent media briefing in Lagos.
Commenting on the issue, the commission’s Director of Compliance, Mr Efosa Idehen, said, “On the issue of already registered SIMs and NIN, the issue is that some of those SIMs were registered with duplicated NINs…CONTINUE READING>>
