President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government has placed a ban on the importation of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards into Nigeria
The announcement was made by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami on Monday in Oniru, Lagos.
Pantami who spoke at the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE) organized by the Nigeria Office for Developing Indigenous Telecoms Sector (NODITS) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said Africa’s biggest country should not be importing things that could be produced within.
He said “Let me make it clear that the federal government will no longer tolerate the importation of sim cards. We are now producing them in Nigeria.
“Our aim is to increase indigenous content in the ICT sector so that by 2025, we will be self-reliant by at least 80 percent.”
Pantami urged stakeholders and citizens to support government efforts to boost local patronage and consumption.
Source: intelregion
