Minister of Digital Communication, Isa Pantami
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has called on the newly-inaugurated Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to link up SIM card registration to National Identification Card (ID Card) and Bank Verification Number (BVN).
Pantami, made the call at the inauguration of the newly noard of the commission which held at the ministry’s headquarters on Thursday, in Abuja, said that it was an important step to take as it was part of the policy of the present administration.
“Try to see how our SIM registration will be linked up to our national identification card.
“It is also very important so that our BVN will all be linked up with our digital ID, ” saying its a policy with regard to the nations achievement on handling 9.4 million sim cards.
“After that, President Muhammadu Buhari directed me to share that information with security agencies and also ask for their opinion on how to consolidate that achievement.
“As part of what they have sent to us, some responded that there are issues that we must address.
“One of them is total number of registered SIM cards that each Nigerian should be allowed to have without difficulty.”
He further suggested that every individual should possibly have three SIM cards as regards the policy sent to the NCC as part of regulation to the board.
Pantami urged the board members to work hard and not to take their work lightly.