Tobi Adebayo
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that Nigerian will not be required to submit their IMEI as being reported in the media.

NCC made this known in a statement issued by its Director, Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde on Friday.

The agency, however,  said that a device will be deployed to capture the IMEI to protect subscribers against phone theft.

The statement read; “The attention of the NCC has been drawn to several media publications to the effect that the Commission will require Nigerians to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity of their phones to it from July 2021.

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“At no time did the commission issue a statement regarding the registration of IMEI by subscribers and it has no plans to do so.

“The reports in question have emanated from a section of the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari and which has been uploaded on the Commission’s website.

“It is pertinent to state that the Commission is in the process of deploying a Device Management System. The DMS will essentially protect subscribers against phone theft and will identify and enable the elimination of fake devices from the networks. The system will capture IMEI automatically without any requirement for subscribers to submit same.”