TUE, DEC 19 2023-theGBJournal|MTN Nigeria Communications PLC (MTN Nigeria) said on Monday that it has received a formal directive from the NCC to implement full network barring on all phone lines for which the subscribers have not submitted their national identity numbers (NINs) and those whose NINs are unverified.
”This is part of an industry-wide directive that requires phone lines for which the subscribers have not submitted their NINs to be barred on or before 28 February
2024,” MTN Nigeria noted in a statement.
The telecoms giant said with regard to NINs that have been submitted but not verified, such lines are to be barred on or before 29 March 2024, where five or more lines are linked to an unverified NIN.
Similarly, where less than five lines are linked to an unverified NIN, such lines are to be barred on or before 15 April 2024.
”All affected subscribers must be verified (biometrics and biodata) before their lines are unbarred,” it said.
This is a follow-up to the NCC’s directive on 4 April 2022 requiring operators to restrict outgoing calls (one-way barring) for subscribers whose lines are not associated with NINs.
”We are further engaging the affected subscribers through all our channels to encourage them to submit their NINs for verification.
As part of these efforts, we are enhancing the capacity of our various service outlets to make the process smoother and more efficient.
We are committed to ensuring that our subscribers comply with the NCC directive and will continue to work with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to accelerate the NIN verification process,” MTN Nigeria said.
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