On Friday in Enugu State, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), vowed to clamp down on Telecom Providers who still issue unregistered SIM Cards to subscribers, as it had commenced an investigation into the discovery.
The commission said it had thought such trend no longer exist until recently that the unethical practice was brought to the notice of its officials.
Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, Chairman of the Governing Board of NCC, made the disclosure saying;
“Only three day ago, pressmen in Abuja confronted me with the allegation that some telecom service providers still indulge in allowing unregistered sim cards to remain in circulation.
“I have immediately requested the management of NCC to step into prompt investigation so we can take appropriate remedial/punitive actions.”
Prof. Umar Dambata, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, disclosed that evaluation report of the state of the industry suggested that most challenges negatively impacting operators in the sector were attributable to poor governance issues.
Prof. Umar Dambata noted that it was for such shortcomings that the commission was sensitizing stakeholders in the telecom industry on the code of corporate governance.
According to Dambata, the sensitization was to draw attention to the adopted international best practices and principles as mandatory baselines in the communication industry.
He stated that it was found out that countries with good corporate governance culture attracted and retained a higher quality of investment and capital flow and reduce operational cost in the medium to long-term.
The NCC chairman also corroborated that the commission had been having serious issues with operators on the integrity of SIM registration data generated by operators and their agents under the SIM registration.
“These challenges emanate from the state of our corporate governance practices which this workshop and the code are intended to sensitize us about,” Dambata said.
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