We didn’t ask Nigerians to submit phone IMEI — NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said Nigerians are not required to start submitting the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones from July.

The NCC denied the report that suggested that the Nigerian masses would have to submit their IMEI, also known as Phone IDs to the Federal Government.

The Commission in a statement issued on Friday by its spokesperson, Ikechukwu Adinde, maintained that the NCC is in the process of deploying a Device Management System.

“At no time did the commission issue a statement regarding the registration of IMEI by subscribers and it has no plans to do so,” he 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.

“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 the same.”