We Are Working With NSCDC To Curb Vandalism- NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that it is working with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to tackle vandalism of telecom facilities and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration fraud.

This was disclosed by the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, while addressing a gathering of senior management staff of NSCDC in the South West Zone, at an exclusive workshop organised by the Commission.

Danbatta added that over the years, the NCC has been working with relevant law enforcement agencies, and in particular the NSCDC, towards protecting telecom sector from all kinds of criminal behaviour.

“Through despicable activities that are criminal and totally at variance with national security concerns of government, the deviant elements in our midst have been acting to undermine efforts put in place to consolidate the gains of the sector,” the EVC said.

Danbatta declared that “These criminal activities include theft and vandalism of telecommunications infrastructure, the illegal use of fraudulently-registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards, operating without license, illegal call masking, and so on.”

He said while the NSCDC officers have been of tremendous assistance, the objective of the workshop was to constantly engage and update them on new trends and existing regulations, requiring concerted efforts for their implementation towards enhancing sanity in the telecom sector.