The mandate was given by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali-Pantami.
The clergyman gave the mandate on Wednesday in an announcement marked by his Technical Assistant, Dr Femi Adeluyi, coordinating the NCC to amend the Policy on SIM Card enrollment and use.
The announcement additionally noticed that the correction of the Policy depends on the criticism got from the security offices, following the fruitful revalidation of inappropriately enrolled SIM cards in September 2019 and the hindering of those that neglected to revalidate their SIMs.
The clergyman further guided the commission to guarantee that the National Identity Number, NIN, turns into an essential for Nigerians enlisting new SIM cards, while for outsiders, their travel papers and visas ought to be utilized.
As indicated by him, the effectively enrolled SIM cards are to be refreshed with the NIN before December 1, 2020.
"Guarantee that solitary completely licensed specialists bolster the SIM card enrollment process without pre-enlisting SIM cards themselves, while the possible enrollment ought to be finished by the administrators;
"There ought to be a most extreme number of SIM cards that can be attached to a solitary individual, potentially a limit of 3;
"Guarantee that no unregistered SIMs are ever permitted on versatile systems;
"Guarantee that supporters can without much of a stretch check the quantity of SIM cards enrolled to their name, alongside the related telephone numbers and systems;
"Guarantee that versatile system administrators invigorate their systems against cyberattacks and guarantee that they stick to the arrangements of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR); and
"Guarantee that SIM cards that have been utilized to execute violations are forever deactivated," the announcement noted.
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