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NCC Disqualifies Nigerians Below 18 From Getting SIM Cards
The Nigerian Communications Fee has introduced the disqualification of anybody beneath the age of 18 from registering and proudly owning a SIM in Nigeria, Pressinformant has discovered.
That is in accordance with the draft copy of the modified registration of Phone Subscribers Laws printed on the fee’s web site.
The fee in modified laws solely allowed subscribers above the age of 18 to haves SIMs. The regulation was made consistent with the powers conferred upon the fee by part 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act,2003.
In accordance with Part 57 of the Act, the NCC performed a Public Inquiry on the Registration of Phone Subscribers Laws, alongside the draft SIM Alternative Pointers and the draft Spectrum Buying and selling Pointers at its head workplace in Abuja on Tuesday.
On the Public Inquiry, Telecoms large, MTN voiced opposition to the directive including that the age restrict ought to be 14 years. The NCC maintained its stance including that the age restrict stays 18 years.
