Pantami commissions SecureID Limited’s GSMA/SAS- certified facility
In line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, recently, commissioned SecureID Limited’s GSMA/SAS-certified facility and digital studio.
Dr. Pantami who was represented by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta, also commended the CEO of SecureID, Kofo Akinkugbe, as the company bagged GSMA certificate, adding that Akinkugbe has set a precedent for other Nigerians.
The minister said this is the first Nigerian meeting the requirement to receive this certification in the whole of Africa, and the third facility on the continent.
Dr. Pantami said: “I am very happy and on behalf of the ministry congratulate this company and to learn that they have been already certified by the Global System of Mobile Associations (GSMA).
The Minister, however, urged Nigerians to patronize the company’s products which meet the same international standards like their counterparts abroad.
He reassured of Federal Government’s commitment to promote indigenous content in the production of SIM cards in line with the National Digital Economy Policy for a Digital Nigeria and Executive Orders 003 and 005.
On her part, Akinkugbe revealed that she invested a lot of resources and manpower to achieve the certification and urged her staff to continue to meet and exceed the standard for the achievement.
In her words: “We are very happy to have the honourable Minister Isa Patani represented by the Executive vice chairman of the NCC, Danbata to have come to launch first of all the GSMA certification that we have just received and also to open and launch our digital solution.
SecureID is an indigenous smart cards and SIM manufacturing company with clients in 21 African countries.
The facility that was launched has the capacity to manufacture over 200million cards annually.
Also present at the event were, the CEOs of NIMC, GBB, NigComSat and the representatives of GSMA.
