NCC denies requesting Nigerians to submit IMEIs

The Nigerian Communications Commission has denied requesting Nigerians to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones from July.

The telecom regulatory agency debunked media reports suggesting that the masses would have to submit their IMEIs to the Federal Government.

The denial is contained in a statement issued on Friday by NCC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Adinde.

It said the commission is in the process of deploying a Device Management System (DMS), that has the capacity to do that without requesting Nigerians to do so.

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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 statement said.

“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.

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“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.”