Nigeria protesting over blocking of their Sims Card MTN at Osogbo, Osun State office Nigeria.
In the year 2023 December, the NCC directed all telecommunications operators in Nigeria to inform their customers/users to submit their NIN before 28 February 2024 for proper identification. This process goes to as many that have telephone lines Mostly in Nigeria.
During the summation date, some of the customers found it difficult to process their NIN mostly the free NIN and because of the demand, the price went up from 5000 to 7000, Why some were able to have their copy of the NIN and they summited.
So In July 2024, Telecommunication companies in Nigeria concluded the final date of disconnecting Subscriber Identity Module numbers (telephone numbers) that were not linked to the National Identification while the Nigeria protest had already been planned and some of the users in Osogbo, Osun State that they SIM CARD have been blocked on Monday morning protested around Dada estate, housing the service provider’s head office of MTN that leads to Destruction of Properties.