SIM Deactivation: Angry Subscribers Storm Network Centres

Taking after the beginning of deactivation of all unregistered and despicably enrolled SIM cards crosswise over telecoms systems, as coordinated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), furious endorsers whose telephone lines have either been banished or deactivated, yesterday raged the client consideration focuses of system administrators in Lagos.


As indicated by THISDAY they saw an extraordinary group at different telecoms focuses in Lagos lining up to re-enlist their SIMs that had been either banned from making calls or deactivated from the system in light of the fact that they were not legitimately enrolled.


From Etisalat to MTN, Globacom and Airtel, the circumstance was the same, where a strange huge number of endorsers were seen trooping all through the focuses checked in Lagos by THISDAY.

As a consequence of the group, numbers were given to endorsers as they came in and they persistently held up their turns before they were gone to.

Some who couldn't hold up, left and reemerged later in the day to meet bigger group. While they were holding up, some of them who got tired and were irritated were seen requesting to know why the administrators needed to subject them to long holding up periods just to re-enroll the SIM cards they had before enlisted.

Some undermined to take system administrators to court for hindering them. "On the off chance that system administrators fizzled in their obligations to appropriately enroll supporters, whose issue is it and why if we be subjected to pointless hardship for no shortcoming of our own," a portion of the endorsers querried.

Some whined severely about the time squandered as an aftereffect of the long hold up just to re-enlist their SIM cards.

As indicated by THISDAY they noticed that system administrators attempted to deal with the circumstance by conveying more staff to handle the re-enlistment exercise, yet the quantity of endorsers who came continued expanding by the moment.

The Etisalat Experience Center along Allen Avenue in Ikeja, Lagos, saw a colony of exercises as individuals were disturbed and eager after the powerlessness of the system authorities to take care of them on time.

As an aftereffect of the culmination of the observing of systems on Tuesday for SIM card deactivation consistence, the NCC checking group drove by Mr. Efosa Idehen, found that administrators did not completely follow its order and debilitated to authorize them for rebelliousness.

The risk, According to THISDAY they accumulated, propelled the telecoms administrators to start the full deactivation of unregistered and disgracefully enrolled SIM cards on their systems.


Most supporters, who raged the focuses, said they abruptly began getting instant messages and calls from system administrators asking them to re-enlist their SIM cards.

Now and again, telephone lines were banned by setting them on recipient mode just, which permits them to get calls just without having the capacity to make calls, while a few lines were totally deactivated.

The activity of the telecoms administrators was what constrained the endorsers of hurry to the focuses closest to them to perform the activity.

The mandate to deactivate unregistered SIM cards got to be essential, after the spike in unlawful acts by degenerates utilizing cell telephones.

The deactivation of SIM cards is additionally in accordance with the determination came to at the meeting with NCC, the workplace of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and industry partners.

NCC had on August 4, guided all telecoms administrators to begin deactivation of SIM cards and gave them seven days to do as such or face sanctions.

Upon the close of the final offer, NCC started observing for consistence, which finished on Tuesday.

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 22:23