{"id":21951,"date":"2021-04-15T17:50:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=21951"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:50:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:50:29","slug":"breaking-fg-lifts-ban-on-registration-of-new-sims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/15\/breaking-fg-lifts-ban-on-registration-of-new-sims\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: FG lifts ban on registration of new SIMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has lifted the ban on new Subscribers Identification Module (SIMs) card registration.<\/p>\n<p>The effective date for implementation, the government said, is Monday, April 19, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>It however placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/10\/breaking-jamb-resolves-nin-hitches-commences-registration-for-2021-utme-de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIN<\/a> registration as mandatory for registering new SIM cards.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in revised National Digital Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Femi Adeluyi, reads in part: \u201cThe implementation of the Policy will commence on Monday, 19th of April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issuance of New SIMs and other suspended activities will resume on the same date, as long as verification is done and the guidelines are fully adhered to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister has also directed NCC and NIMC to ensure that the provisions of the Policy are strictly followed by all operators and subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Policy includes Guidelines on New SIM Acquisition and Activation, SIM Replacement, New SIM Activation for Corporates and Internet-of-Things\/Machine-to-Machine (IoT\/M2M), amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe possession of a National Identity number will be a prerequisite for each of these categories. For the Corporate registration, institutions will be required to appoint a Telecoms Master (at the minimum of an Executive Management level) to provide the operational Primary NIN representation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Telecoms Master will also be responsible for ensuring that the users provide their NINs to serve as a Secondary NIN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor IoT\/M2M activations, SIM security protocols would be implemented on the SIM profile to ensure that SIMs can only be used for point to point data services specific to the URL they are working with. All other services will be barred.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has lifted the ban on new Subscribers Identification Module (SIMs) card registration. The effective date for implementation, the government said, is Monday, April 19, 2021. It however placed NIN registration as mandatory for registering new SIM cards. 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