guys please give me your opinions cos i want to undertake a purely personal project and i want your opinions on this. the new directive by the fed. govt on sim card registeration just got tougher. now nbc has six months to deliver. but how do we get reluctant nigerians to do this? should the motivation be punitive that is without your registeration you cannot get other things or should it be monetary compensation i.e. if you register, you'll get x amount of naira. which would work sugar or vinegar to get the desired result. and what type of punishment if you are for punitive and what type of compensation if you are for that one. and do you think it can work at all?

The motivation should be compensatory thru appealing to the sense of judgement of Nigerians regarding the importance of registration. Nigerians are not that greedy as to be expecting money for every single civil responsibility. As it is, as far as am concerned, I CAN NEVA GO AND QUEUE FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES TO GET MY SIM REGISTERED. Time is precious and i can waste it trying to get a SIM registered but as time goes on, i will register it. I think it will only annoy many people, myself included, if the FGN or NCC gives an unrealistic deadline for the registration. As far as I know, the so called SIM registration is not part of good governance per se, it just to enable the govt track people and if the reason is politically inclined, it makes it easier to track and kill their political opponent. So what the hell?

@ayo
i totally agree. time is the most precious thing i have and to squander it these days on sim card registeration is not just on my agenda. and do you know that the senators are exempt from this registration. i heard it myself said by the chairman on the committee for the registration.