This was disclosed in a statement by Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, on Wednesday, who said it was vitally important for service providers to comply until the audit exercise had been concluded.
As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, Adinde said Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, directed the commission to embark on an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database.
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Hem, however, added that an exemption couldt be granted in event of an approval from the Federal Government through the commission.
He cautioned that flouting this directive would be fraught with strict consequences, including the possibility of withdrawal of operating license.
Adinde said the audit would help to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration exercise.
The director further explained that the goal of the audit exercise was to ensure compliance to set benchmarks and requirements by mobile network operators.
According to Adinde, the directive is necessitated by the preponderance of pre-registered SIMs with the attendant security implications associated with the use of same to facilitate criminal activities.
