{"id":118596,"date":"2021-12-09T08:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T07:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=118596"},"modified":"2021-12-09T08:15:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T07:15:41","slug":"pantami-14m-internet-subscribers-who-deserted-telcos-are-mostly-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/09\/pantami-14m-internet-subscribers-who-deserted-telcos-are-mostly-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantami: 14m internet subscribers who deserted telcos are mostly criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Pantami has disclosed that the 14 million internet subscribers that deserted the telcos within one year are mostly criminals.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Wednesday by Isa Pantami while<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0addressing journalists at the end of the weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recall that the<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> federal government had said that the national identification numbers (NINs) registration would help fight insecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe NIN will cover one of the weaknesses in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/08\/four-killed-as-security-operatives-engage-robbers-in-gun-battle-in-imo\/\">security<\/a> structure. We will be able to easily identify and know the personality of Nigerians,\u201d Buhari had said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe will identify people easily, including the crooks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In April, the government mandated the use of NIN for the issuance of new SIM cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pantami while speaking on the drop of internet users said<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0it was because of the government\u2019s insistence on NIN for new subscribers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe over 12 million that have dropped are mostly criminals that cannot come out to regularise their numbers,\u201d the minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Pantami has disclosed that the 14 million internet subscribers that deserted the telcos within one year are mostly criminals. 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