Tobi Adebayo
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday announced that persons below the age of 18 are now ineligible to own a SIM card in Nigeria.
The Commission announced this in a draft copy of the modified registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on its website.
The NCC had conducted a Public Inquiry on the Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, alongside the draft SIM Replacement Guidelines and the draft Spectrum Trading Guidelines at its head office in Abuja.
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While Telecoms giant, MTN urged the commission to set the age limit to 14years, NCC maintained that the age limit will remain 18 years.
According to the NCC, the regulation was made in line with the powers conferred upon the commission by section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act,2003.
