He said that the audit was sequel to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, directive to the commission to embark on an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database.
He, however, said an exemption might be granted following approval from the Federal Government through the commission.
He warned that non-compliance with the directive would be met with strict sanctions, including the possibility of withdrawal of operating license.
Adinde said the audit would help to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration exercise.
The director explained that the objective of the audit exercise was to ensure compliance to set quality standards and requirements by mobile network operators.
According to him, the directive became necessary in view of the preponderance of pre-registered SIMs with the attendant security implications associated with the use of same to facilitate criminal activities.
BIGPENNGR.COM had reported that Pantami was recently call out by the Senate Committees on Legislative Compliance and Communications to impress on him the need to implement the resolutions of the Senate regarding security relating to the mandate of his ministry.
The lawmakers had while deliberating on a motion on the spate of growing insecurity in Nigeria, queried why bandits, terrorists could freely negotiate for ransom using telephones and get away, lamenting that “it’s only in Nigeria that communication facilities can be used without a biometric process, no valid identification of passport details (in the case of foreigners) in place to check abuse.”
