SERAP urge the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to revoke the apparently unlawful directive to network providers to bar the phone lines of millions of Nigerians who have linked their SIM cards to their National Identification Numbers (NINs).”
Revoke unlawful directive to block Nigerians’ phone lines or face legal action, SERAP tells NCC
PUBLISHED BY CAROL NWAKANMA
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Dr. Aminu Maida, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to immediately revoke the apparently unlawful directive to network providers to bar the phone lines of millions of Nigerians who have linked their SIM cards to their National Identification Numbers (NINs).
SERAP also urged him to restore the phone lines of these Nigerians, and to urgently establish a mechanism for effective consultation to provide Nigerians who are yet to link their SIM cards to their NINs with the appropriate support and infrastructure and adequate time and opportunity to do so.
The Commission had recently ordered telecommunications companies to bar the phone lines of millions of citizens including those who allegedly did not submit a good NIN or didn’t get a cleared or verified NIN by February 28.
