Federal Government is set to block about nine million unregistered mobile telephone SIM cards in the country, according to Dr Isa Patanmi, minister of Communications.
Patanmi, in a tweet, said that he has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to immediately block the unregistered SIM cards.
According to the minister, all unregistered SIM cards would remain blocked until their users present themselves.
“As at today, preliminary investigation revealed, we have over 9 million unregistered SIM cards in Nigeria, I have directed the NCC to immediately block those numbers until the users present themselves,” the minister tweeted.
Dr. Henry Nkemadu, director, Public Affairs, NCC was not available for comment.
