GSM users, whose lines have been deactivated over non-linkage of NIN and SIM, are already lamenting the frustrations of not being able to make calls again, saying the Federal Government should have allowed people to do the linking at their pace, while it develops a verifiable database.
This is just as telecom operators, on the platform of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, ALTON, has promised total compliance to the Federal Government’s directive.
The federal government had, on Monday, directed all Telcos should restrict unlinked SIMs from making calls as the deadline for NIN-SIM linkage ended on March 31, after postponing it many times.
As a reminder, the Federal Government on Thursday directed Nigerians to ensure they completed the verification and linkage of their NINs to their SIMs within days.
In a statement by Chairman and Head of Operations, ALTON, Engr Gbenga Adebayo and Gbolahan Awonuga, respectively, said they can confirm that their members have received a formal directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to bar outgoing calls on subscriber lines that are not in compliance with the NIN-SIM Linkage policy requirement.
Meanwhile, a lot of Nigerians who are yet to comply with the directive and had been barred from making calls are lamenting. Others have also taken to their social media to express their displeasure over the barring of their communication lines by telecommunication network providers in Nigeria.
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