The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been charged with the responsibility to collect the phone IMEI numbers of Nigerians from July. This was contained in the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration recently published by the Federal Ministry of Communications.

Already approved by President Muhammadu Buhari and expected to be implemented within three months., the aim of IMEI submission according to the policy is “to curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market, discourage mobile phone theft, enhance National Security, protect consumer interest, increase revenue generation for the government, reduce the rate of kidnapping, mitigate the use of stolen phones for crime, and facilitate blocking or tracing of stolen mobile phones and other smart devices. one of the means to achieve this is through the deployment of Device Management System (DMS)...

https://www.techawkng.com/2021/05/21/ncc-to-kickstart-collection-of-phone-imei-of-nigerians-from-july/

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