Pantami Tasks MTN On Additional Investments, Support for Nigeria National Broadband Plan

  • As NIN-SIM Linkage Hits 85m

 

Prof. Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy.

Minister of communications and digital economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has charged the MTN Group and its local subsidiary, MTN Nigeria to continue to invest in the country and support the Nigeria National Broadband Plan 2020-2025.

Pantami gave the charge in a meeting with MTN Group chairman, Mcebisi Jonas and president and CEO, Ralph Mupita on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday.

The meeting deliberated on developments in the telecoms sector in Nigeria, as well as the country’s progress in updating subscribers’ SIM registration records with national identification numbers (NINs).

The talks also included the development of 5G services in Nigeria and work to extend broadband connectivity to more people in rural areas.

The minister announced to the MTN officials that Nigeria has linked over 85 million NINs to subscriber identification module (SIM) cards on the national identity management system (NIMS).

Pantami stated further that the telecom Company will serve as the foundation of the country’s digital economy, which he said was beginning to scale.

Mupita acquainted the minister on MTN Nigeria’s contribution of servers to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), which is part of MTN’s efforts to accelerate NIN registration.

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