TelecommunicationOver 180 Million Telephone Lines Linked With The National Identity Numbers- Danbatta

ABUJA — The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof Umar Danbatta has said that over 180 million telephone lines are now linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN).

Danbatta said this on Tuesday during NCC’s Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Instruments on the Rule Making Process in Abuja.

Danbatta while addressing key stakeholders during NCC’s Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Instruments on the Rule Making Process in Abuja stated that SIM-NIN link-up was made possible following the capturing of over 64 million Nigerians by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in the National Identity Numbers (NIN) database.

“The deployment of over 1,500 NIN enrolment outlets by Mobile Number Operators (MNOs), the number of enrolments will increase significantly.”

 “Statistics indicate that the telecommunications industry has bounced back with broadband penetration peaking at 41% while active telephone subscribers have increased by over one million,” Danbatta said.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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