SIM Registration: FG To Sanction Telcos Over Customers’ Harassment
By Chima Akwaja
— Jan 21, 2015

The federal government has decried the way and manner Nigerians, especially women, are being treated in their bid to comply with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) directive on the registration of the subscriber identification module (SIM) in use, threatening to deal with erring telecom companies henceforth.

A statement by the special assistant on media to the minister of communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, Mr Victor Oluwadamilar, said that this has become necessary, following the barrage of compliants by telecoms subscribers across the country.

According to him, “The minister’s office had been inundated with complaints from Nigerians, particularly women in veil, over the way they were being treated, sometimes humiliated, by the workers of telecommunications companies nationwide.

“In some of the complaints, women in pudah were required to remove their veils in public despite requests by such women that a place should be provided for them away from public glare and for only female officials to attend to them. All entreaties by these women failed, rather they were allegedly accused of being Boko Haram agents and refused registration after several altercations ensued in some of the registration centres.”

The minister, who frowned at the development, urged the telecommunications companies involved to accord maximum respect to Nigerian, particularly women, by respecting their feminine nature and religious disposition, moreso since the Nigerian Constitution has guaranteed the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion of all citizens and that such right should never be violated by executive or administrative lawlessness, high handedness, and insensitivity.

He noted that Nigerians deserve unreserved apologies from the concerned telecoms companies, saying that it is inhuman and unacceptable to treat Nigerians in such a cruel manner as it is a universal maxim that the right of even minorities are respected worldwide. He, therefore, urged the telecommunications companies to train and retrain their workers on the right and more civilized ways of treating their customers, adding that sanction may be applied against any erring company that refuse to comply with the policy of the Nigerian government under the change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari.

http://leadership.ng/news/493700/sim-registration-fg-sanction-telcos-customers-harassment

then NCC too should shift the dead line a little bit
am an mtn worker I can imagine what I will be facing again today at work with the crowd

Good

terrorist always defending their people.

It was his wife afterall. After the disgracing manner in which his wife conducted herself, rather than apologise to Nigerians and the Nigerian Police he still has the temerity to issue threats. Well, only in Africa.

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Junior66:
It was his wife afterall. After the disgracing manner in which his wife conducted herself, rather than apologise to Nigerians and the Nigerian Police he still has the temerity to issue threats. Well, only in Africa.

bt u were nt there to knw wht actually happened i knw of some cases like d minister said too.But only in Africa will ppl say thns they knw nothn abt

They should be sanctioned for sending useless SMS everyday especially em tea hen

barbstee:

bt u were nt there to knw wht actually happened i knw of some cases like d minister said too.But only in Africa will ppl say thns they knw nothn abt

were u there too? The fact that she insulted the policewoman and refused to take off her veil for the pix is enuf. Was she born with the veil?

Junior66:

were u there too? The fact that she insulted the policewoman and refused to take off her veil for the pix is enuf. Was she born with the veil?

offcourse i wsnt bt i told u i knw of some cases dt ws d way d minister said.he said this

“In some of the complaints, women in pudah were required to remove their veils in public despite requests by such women that a place should be provided for them away from public glare and for only female officials to attend to them. All entreaties by these women failed, rather they were allegedly accused of being Boko Haram agents and refused registration after several altercations ensued in some of the registration centres.”

Very funny country.


So because MTN 'harassed' a Minister's wife (certainly, the wife of our fanatical Communications Minister), FG will add yet another fight to its 2016 Mortal Combat Movie?


Isn't it ironical and funny that a whole first lady of Communications Ministry wants to get her biometrics done with a covered face?

Itz long overdue

Na to. Cover net snap now

Nw we're talkin

Hehehe...

Year of sanctioning.

All eyes on MTN.

Weereh minister!!! So if dem ban all dis ijab people no go comply... Chai..

Since the common man has been harassed from queuing under the sun for several hours to visiting mtn office almost daily nobody threatened to sanction mtn but just cos a polithifician wife is involved(in a case where she was guilty oh)now FG has voice to warn mtn, at this juncture I am supporting mtn









Arrant nansense!!!!!

MTN in another soup

Clueless govt with baseless accusations and flimsy excuses. As far as am concerned, the telecom staff have committed no offense by asking women to remove their hijab veil so as to capture their faces. who even know whether these boko haram spies are concealing an explosive device within. If this is what they call harassment, then there was no harassment.

....I wan may dem Ban emptyhen's self in dis country




mcheeew den block 3 of my sim#fvckers

Let them find a lasting solution to this telecom saga.

Nonsense, so because she be minister wife na make them want start sanction,.
Assuming na ordinary person FG for no answer, and by the way if that woman carry bomb for her veil nko?

Mtn wahala too much jor

[size=15pt]this is a good sign that the new government cares about the citizens


and to all those saying MTN should be ban

i want you to know this company has employed huge numbers of Nigerians [/size]



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FG should shut up and allow the various communications companies to fight the corrupt customers also, abi na only them get the right

Nice move...It's gonna be a great year...lol

uselessgoat:
Thank God for the honourable minister. the xtains should know that islam is peace and not all muslims are terrorist. Respect our beliefs or expect jihad

we knw... Removing d ijab shouldn't be a problem in d first.. Humanity first

God this govt is now started to make some turn which i dont like and it going to make me use my PVC on 2019, Is there anyone read about how a woman refused to removed her veil at MTN office and claim to be a minister wife i believe since she report things to her husband that is why this come out from FG.... Change of Impunity is here

Well dont know how the sanctions would work on Mtn o when even the fine wey them give them,them dey do stronghead to pay am. Mtn as them dey now dey vex seriously

From one issue to another!

Nice move but I bet if it was a Christian related issue the government won't be fast to react like this.
In this country we have much ways classifying citizens.