NCC Reiterates Commitments to Partner FG to Fight Insecurity

Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its commitment to continue to partner the federal government to combat the spate of insecurity ravaging the country.

The Assistant Zonal Director, Operation of the commission, Mallam Lamido Umar, disclosed this in an interview shortly after the closing of the Remote Community Sensitisation programme on the emerging technologies services and beneficiaries at Koto Karfe in Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi State yesterday.

He stated that NCC was in Koto Karfe to sensitise consumers on the emerging technologies services and benefit.

Umar explained that NCC was not folding it hands on the service providers in area of the buying, selling and registration of SIM cards by preventing criminal elements from using the cards to perpetrate evil in the country.

He pointed out that on several occasions, the NCC has mopped up SIM cards, particularly already registered one, before sales, noting that such SIM cards are very dangerous to buy because the consequence may be grave if anything negative happens.

He, therefore, advised the public not to buy already registered SIM cards, stressing that they should ensure they register the SIM card bought by them.

Lamido Umar, who represented the Director, Zonal Operations, Amina Shehu, stated that the NCC is poise to ensuing that the public is kept informed of happenings in the telecoms’ sphere, as the commission deems it fit to educate the public on the emerging technologies in the industry.

The commission is responsible for among other issues, creating the enabling environment for competitions among operators in the telecoms industry, hence, it is ensuring that consumers get value for their money, interns of quantitative and efficient telecommunication services.

He pointed out that the emerging technologies in simple terms are the new technologies or an improvement of on existing technology, adding that it is a form of transformation that impacts the socio-economic development of the country.