The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the deadline for registration of telecommunications subscribers in the country to enable those who have not been registered to do so.


NCC, in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Reuben Muoka, added that the commission has also begun collation and harmonisation of registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards in the country, following the completion of the exercise, which second phase started six months ago, yesterday.


Mouka noted that the harmonisation will involve the collation, reconciliation, cleaning and consolidation of the captured data into a central data infrastructure for efficient management of Nigeria’s subscriber data base.

“Given the vast geographical spread of the country, and the logistics involved in the registration exercise over the past six months, there is need for proper harmonisation of the data in line with the specifications issued by the commission,” he said.
For subscribers, who were unable to register their SIM cards at the expiration of the deadline yesterday, Muoka said the commission has decided to extend the deadline.

He said an opportunity is now open for them to do so within the harmonisation period. He, however, did not state when tthis would end.