The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Commumication Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta has reinstated the importance of the ongoing National Identity Number (NIN)-SIM data linkage exercise to the country’s security.
Danbatta said it is critical to ensure credible citizen database for improved national security.
He Spoke at the just concluded 32nd Enugu International Trade Fair, in Enugu, Enugu state.
Danbatta, who spoke around the theme of the Fair: “Promoting New Technologies, Business Ideas and Strategies for Rapid Economic Growth and Development in Nigeria,” stressed the need for telecom consumers to be cybersecurity-conscious while online and to always ensure efficient management of e-waste for a safer environment.
He also highlighted some of the regulatory initiatives put in place by the Commission for protecting, informing and educating the consumers.
These initiatives include the NCC Emergency Toll-free Number 112; the NCC Consumer Complaint Toll-Free Number 622; the Do-Not-Disturb (DND) Short Code 2442, the Regulation on Forceful Subscription and measures put in place to check cases of pre-registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards.
It also recalled that this year’s World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), which was observed on March 15, 2021 focused on ‘Tackling Plastic Pollution’ in line with the e-Waste Regulation being pursued by the Commission.
Speaking on the 32nd Enugu International Trade Fair, the Executive Vice Chairman said that, “The Fair is pivotal to bolstering the economic and industrial transformation of the region in view of its enormous business potential,”
NCC also used the opportunity of the trade fair to engage with telecom consumers and also enlighten them on their rights and privileges within the telecommunications sector.
Addressing a large audience of telecom consumers during the NCC Special Day at the event organised by the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), Danbatta, said events of this nature provide the opportunity for NCC, as a telecom regulator, to interact with consumers and attend to their service-related concerns.
In attendance at the NCC Special Day were the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde; Director, Consumer Affairs, Mr. Efosa Idehen; Zonal Controller, NCC Enugu Zonal Office, Mr. Ogbonnaya Ugama, and executive members of ECCIMA.
The NCC has over the years, been a regular participant at international trade fairs across the country and has been consistent in its participation at the Enugu International Trade Fair.
