Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communication and Digital Economy, has, said that any subscriber, who wishes to have multiple phone numbers, would have to convince the government why he/she should have more than three mobile lines.
The minister, however, said, that the federal government has not been taken the final decision on maximum number of SIM cards a telecom subscriber can have as his/hers in the country, according to
Recall that the federal government had recently asked the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to review SIM registration policy and possibly restrict the maximum number of SIM cards a subscriber could register to three.
Pantami, however at the swearing-in-ceremony/inauguration of NCC board chairman and another board member in Abuja Thursday, said a subscriber would have to convince the government why he/she should have more than three mobile lines.
Pantami quoted the security agents as saying that Nigeria’s security was tied to proper SIM registration process.
But the minister said the reports by security agents indicated that since millions of SIM cards were blocked last year, crimes perpetrated with aid of SIM cards had reduced.
