Nigerians Below 18 No Longer Eligible For New SIM Cards – NCC

In the modified regulations, NCC limited telecoms subscribers to only include anyone above the age of 18.

Nigerians Below 18 No Longer Eligible For New SIM Cards - NCC - SurgeZirc NG
Nigerians Below 18 No Longer Eligible For New SIM Cards - NCC

Nigerians below the age of 18 will no longer be allowed to own a Subscriber Identity Module ‘SIM’ according to the Nigerian Communications Commission.

This is according to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website.

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In the modified regulations, NCC limited telecoms subscribers to only include Nigerians above the age of 18.

“‘Subscriber’ means a person not below the age of 18 years who subscribes to communications services by purchasing a subscription medium or entering into a subscription contract with a licensee.”

The Licensee refers to ‘a provider of communications services that utilises a subscription medium in the Federal Republic of Nigeria’.

The regulations were made in line with the powers conferred upon the commission by section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003.

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In accordance with Section 57 of the Act, the NCC conducted a Public Inquiry on the Registration of Telephone.

A rep for Nigerian Communications Commission has not returned SurgeZirc Nigeria’s request for comment on why the regulation was adopted

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