The Nigerian Communications Commission has denied asking Nigerians to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones to it from July, 2021.
In a statement by Director, Public Affairs Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the Commision said at no time did it issue a statement regarding the registration of IMEI by subscribers and it had no plans to do so.
He said the reports in question had emanated from a section of the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari and which had 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 (DMS).
“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,” the statement read.
Adinde advised the general public to disregard the said publications, which had created the erroneous impression that telephone subscribers would be required to register their IMEI with their networks.
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