NEWSMTN Nigeria bans outgoing calls for users who submit, but fail to verify NIN

 

MTN Nigeria has announced that users with unregistered SIM cards won’t be the only subscribers prevented from making calls on its network, as telcos implement a Federal Government directive.

Report have that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had directed telecommunications companies to bar outgoing calls on SIM cards that haven’t registered or linked their National Identity Number (NIN) to their SIM.

This directive is expected to affect over 72.7 million subscribers across Mtn Nigeria, Airtel, Globacom and 9mobile network platform, as only 125 million SIMs have been linked to NIN database, out of the industry’s 197.76 million total subscriber base.