By Emma Okonji

The Federal Government, Thursday, lifted the earlier suspension order on replacement and activation of old Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card, but on the condition that the person must have enrolled and obtained the National Identification Number (NIN).

The federal government had on December 9, announced the suspension of the sale and activation of new SIM cards across networks.

The suspension order was expected to last till the completion of the audit of the Subscriber Registration Database, which seeks to achieve global standards and quality in the issuance of SIM Cards.

The Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who announced the suspension in a statement issued by the Commission, said the action became necessary in line with the federal government’s desire to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration exercise of September 2019.

The Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) who conveyed the federal government’s lifting of suspension in a statement it issued, said: “Further to engagements with government on the matter, we are pleased to report that our members have been granted permission to carry out SIM replacement upon verification of the customer’s NIN. In this regard, our members are working with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure seamless system connectivity for verification of NINs.”

The statement, which was signed by ALTON Chairman, Mr. Gbenga Adebayo and its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Damian Udeh, read: “We note the challenges experienced by customers seeking to replace or upgrade their SIM cards following the suspension of sale and activation of SIM cards by the government which also affected SIM replacement.
The Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) who conveyed the federal government’s lifting of suspension in a statement it issued, said: “Further to engagements with government on the matter, we are pleased to report that our members have been granted permission to carry out SIM replacement upon verification of the customer’s NIN. In this regard, our members are working with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure seamless system connectivity for verification of NINs.”

The statement, which was signed by ALTON Chairman, Mr. Gbenga Adebayo and its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Damian Udeh, read: “We note the challenges experienced by customers seeking to replace or upgrade their SIM cards following the suspension of sale and activation of SIM cards by the government which also affected SIM replacement.

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I just pray u don't lose u phone.. only me know what ma passing thru for the past 3 weeks now.. I can't have access to Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Mail even my bank account. One good Samaritan buy new phone for me.. and borrow me his second sim temporarily.

Am not happy for now seriously

Na dem go tire...


Na dem go close border if u ask dem wat av dey achieve na story dem go yarn....

if u people like talk say make d network dey colet our blood sample before we register sim na u guys go still tire.....

Who Advice dem

Everything no be about initial gra gra, you educate the citizenry on the way to go and not placing ban or suspension on a process.

This is good news.
Sadly my friend lost her phone to window thieves and she doesn't even want to retrieve the line.
The process is stressful.

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Pressure by friends:
Very often we do these things, not because we really want to, but
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Timely

Clowns

Cool

FG don cash out.

seriously FG no gbadun!! what's FG wahala with this NIN of a thing bayii!!!

They should give Nigerians 6 to 9 months to sort out this Sim and NIN ish, anything short of this, they will block lines and get tired.

I don't like crowded areas, going to Nimc will be when less than 10 persons are there.

Mumu feefle. From BVN to NIN. Everything was a fvckin hit

I knew the earlier directive won't last long...

Confusion everywhere

They better do oo

Make dem take a chill pill ooh... the duration been no make sense fah

lol
i was waiting for them to block my sim.
Sha make i go update my data sim details cuz we na already registered sim we dey buy.

All na shakara. Only a fool will take federal government serious

Please God, change this people this year 2021. We are tired.

Baztardz after dey don suffered us . thank God and congrarutions to all of us that lost phone(s) since this PATA NLA NIN thing

All these ones ehn ... I won't be surprised if the whole Nimc thingy is swept under the carpet very soon

Lol!

Our Politicians are Comedians in agbada

Better

Just as I predicted, they would never do this because many people in the North would have suddenly been cut off and the network providers will not stomach a large chunk of their customers disappearing because one fat senator was scared of the consequence of his actions.