The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has stated that a section of Nigerians are disqualified from owning Subscriber Identity Module, SIM.

This is contrary to a report by Punch on Wednesday. The commission made this clarification in a statement made available to POLITICS NIGERIA on Thursday morning signed by its Public Affairs Director, Ikechukwu Adinde.

"The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would like to draw the attention of the public to a publication in a section of the media, purporting that the Commission is developing a regulation to disqualify Nigerians below 18 years of age from getting Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)."

"For the avoidance of doubt, the Commission wishes to categorically state that the said report is not only misleading and inaccurate; but a misinformation and mischaracterisation of the proceedings of the Public Inquiry on the Reviewed/Draft Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, which took place on Tuesday, October 6, 2021."

"The Commission considers it necessary to set the record straight for the purpose of serving existing and potential telecom subscribers , investors and other stakeholders in the industry accurate information for making informed decisions."

"In accordance with sections 70 and 71 of the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA), 2003 and the Commission’s consultative engagement process, which define its rule-making process, the public inquiry was held for all relevant stakeholders to provide input on the draft regulatory instrument."

"The age of 18 years for SIM acquisition proposed in the draft regulation is contingent on the constitutional provision, which makes 18 years the age of consent in Nigeria. Also, SIM acquisition is a contract between service providers and their subscribers, which requires the subscriber to have proper legal status, be of matured mind and rational enough to bear certain responsibilities, obligations and liabilities imposed by a contract."

"The proposal is, therefore, to protect minors. Parents and guardians can acquire SIMs in their names on behalf of their children and wards in which case they assume whatever responsibilities or liabilities that arise from the usage of such SIMs, a measure expected to also strengthen national security."

"While the Commission is progressively pursuing digital inclusion for all, the draft proposal is intended to guarantee increased monitoring of children and shield the minors from undue liabilities in line with NCC’s Child Online Protection drive."

"However, the consultative engagement process is still ongoing, as the Commission is reviewing all input from relevant stakeholders in this regard and will consider and deliberate on all comments before issuing a final regulatory instrument."

"We appeal to our media stakeholders to always fact-check their stories pertaining to telecoms regulatory issues and seek necessary clarifications for informed and accurate reporting as the Commission runs an open-house system."

alizma:

The difference is in the explanation.
Will you react differently to these two statements the same way?
1. The Nigerian police killed 18 youths
2. 18 Nigerian youths who engaged in armed robbery operations were killed by the Nigerian police along A B express road

Lanretoye:
Nigeria get problem,whats the difference between this and that...they killed 18 people is now different from 18 people were killed.

alizma:
I knew Nigerians were going to misunderstood the NCC on the matter.
Simple thing, they blow it out of proportion. If your child is below 18, get him/her a Sim card in your name. Simple as that, when he/she becomes of age to take full responsibility of his/her actions, the person can walk into any service provider office and get as many sim as possible within the law.

Felimax:
"The age of 18 years for SIM acquisition proposed in the draft regulation is contingent on the constitutional provision, which makes 18 years the age of consent in Nigeria. Also, SIM acquisition is a contract between service providers and their subscribers, which requires the subscriber to have proper legal status, be of matured mind and rational enough to bear certain responsibilities, obligations and liabilities imposed by a contract."[b][/b]

They were saying 12 you are saying half dozen. Whether i am the one not understanding the two of you self i don't know.

alizma:

The difference is in the explanation.
Will you react differently to these two statements the same way?
1. The Nigerian police killed 18 youths
2. 18 Nigerian youths who engaged in armed robbery operations were killed by the Nigerian police along A B express road

aminulive:
POLITICSNIGERIA.COM



https://politicsnigeria.com/just-in-we-did-not-disqualify-nigerians-below-18-from-owning-sim-ncc/

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Kingrefreshed:


I don't trust anything from this Terrorists in Power. I will be the last person in Africa to register my SIM.

I don't trust these marafakas one bit.

MuchAdo:
When it concerns sex/marriage, they say age of consent is 13.

When it comes to other issues, they say it's 18.

Confused people!

Oceansflow:
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Khaleepha5681:


Flat head ipop

Stewart883:
Very good development. Any Nigerian against this policy is an enemy of the state!!!

MuchAdo:


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