{"id":51888,"date":"2021-09-06T10:15:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=51888"},"modified":"2021-09-06T10:15:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:15:20","slug":"telecos-to-pay-n200000-for-failing-to-verify-nin-ncc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/telecos-to-pay-n200000-for-failing-to-verify-nin-ncc\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecos To Pay N200,000 For Failing To Verify NIN \u2013 NCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission has proposed a fine of N200,000 for mobile communications services providers that fail to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number and other personal information of each subscriber to their services.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a proposed draft regulation on registration of telephone subscribers 2020 recently published on NCC\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The draft document read, \u201cA licensee who fails to verify and validate biometric, NIN and other personal information before activation is liable to a penalty of N200, 000 for each subscription medium in breach of these requirements.\u201d<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>According to the regulation, mobile services providers that allow subscribers to make and receive calls, send and receive short message services and other range of services usually provided by such operators without first verifying the subscribers\u2019 personal information, including NIN, will be fined per subscription medium.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government had extended the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to October 31.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission has proposed a fine of N200,000 for mobile communications services providers that fail to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number and other personal information of each subscriber to their services.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[333,1360,647,648],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-51888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-news","tag-airtel","tag-glo","tag-mtn","tag-ncc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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