The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has proposed the imposition of an N200,000 fine per line on telecommunications companies that fail to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number (NIN) and other personal information of subscribers.
This proposal was contained in a draft regulation on registration of telephone subscribers 2021 published on NCC’s website.
NCC also stipulated that the mobile communications services providers must ensure that NINs are verified and validated before activation.
Those who breach the requirement are to be penalized with an N200,000 fine.
“Any licensee who fails to capture, or who preregisters, register, deregister or transmit the details of any individual or corporate subscribers to the Central Database as specified in these Regulations or as may be stipulated from time to time by the Commission is liable to a penalty of N200,000.00 for each subscription medium.
“A licensee who activates any Subscription Medium without capturing, registering and transmitting the personal information to the Central Database commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of N200,000.00 for each unregistered activated Subscription Medium.
“A Licensee who fails to verify and validate biometric, NIN and other personal information before activation is liable to a penalty of N200, 000 for each subscription medium in breach of these requirements,” the draft read.
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