The Honourable Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Pantami has issued a directive to the Federal Ministry of Communications to review how SIM Cards are registered and maintained in the country.
From the new policy, the National Identity Number, (NIN) will now be a requirement to register new SIM Cards. Foreigners are to register their SIM Cards with their Passport or their Visa, while those who have already registered their SIM Cards are to Update their data with the National Identity Number before December 1st, 2020
Also, accredited agents cannot issue pre-registered cards. Also, the maximum SIM cards a person can have is just 3 SIM Cards.
The new policy will see that no unregistered SIM card will be allowed to function and any SIM card found to be used for crimes should be blocked by the network providers.
The Nigerian Communication Commission will give a periodic report to the minister on the implementation of the policy