NCC EXPLAINS WHY SOME NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY LINKED WERE STILL BATTED

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday, explained why some telecommunications subscribers who previously linked their SIM cards to their National Identification Numbers (NINs) have their mobile lines barred.

NCC spokesman, Reuben Muoka, said people who probably didn’t get a cleared or verified NIN have been barred because the earlier ones they submitted was not good.

Muoka, who was on national television said some SIM cards have verification and identification issues like disparity in information such names and other data.

There are still some subscribers whose NINs are yet to be verified by NIMC and those have to also be corrected, he said.

Many subscribers have complained that they had previously linked their NIN with their SIM cards years ago but the NCC official said some lines were barred because the information on the NIN did not tally with what the customers register with their SIM cards.