The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned Nigerians not to link their National Identification Numbers (NINs) to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards.
Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s spokesperson, in a statement on Monday, said the commission gave the warning during its third run Telecom Consumer Town Hall on a Radio (TCTHR) programme in Abuja recently.
Speaking during the radio programme focused on the ‘Benefits of NIN-SIM Integration’, Efosa Idehen, NCC’s director, consumer affairs bureau, said telecom consumers should not allow another use their NINs to register on another person’s SIM.
Idehen said compliance would protect the owner of the NIN from any liabilities or negative consequences arising from the use of another person’s SIM to avoid being involved in crimes they know nothing about.
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