"It’s Dangerous To Link Your SIM To Another Subscriber’s NIN" –NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, no matter how close the person is to them.

The NCC Digital Signature on Radio is the flagship radio programme of the Commission created to educate the general public on the mandates of the Commission and for sharing salient, consumer-centric and up-to-date information on how NCC is delivering on its mandates.

Speaking on ‘the Benefits of NIN-SIM Integration’, on Monday, October 18, 2021, the NCC Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Efosa Idehen, said: “On no account should a telecom consumer, however, circumstanced, allow another person to register a SIM with another person’s NIN.”

He said this advice was meant to protect the true owner of the NIN from any liabilities or negative consequences arising from the use of another person’s SIM.

He said, “If the person, whose SIM is linked to your line, uses their own SIM to commit crimes or any form of atrocities, it is easy to be traced to you and then, you will be dealt with because the SIM is linked to your NIN.”

During the radio programme, the NCC further stressed that the deadline for NIN-SIM integration remains October 31, 2021.