Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, has accused Nigerians who leverage their domestic servants for Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards registration of culpability for illegal registration.

Speaking yesterday at an interactive session with the media, Maida stated that there were no more cases of unregistered SIMs in the country’s telecommunication networks, having concluded the exercise long ago.

“Right now, I can authoritatively say that there is no unregistered SIM operating in the network, even though there might be issues, whereby a registered SIM is being used by somebody who is not the person who registered it.

“And I think this is where all of us are guilty because if you send your driver or house help to go and register a SIM simply because you don’t want your identity to be known, you are committing a crime”, Maida added. He noted that NCC could not be held responsible for situations where some registered SIMs are used by people other than those who registered them.

Admitting the need for enlightenment on the implications of such an action, Maida urged perpetrators to desist from such activities capable of serious embarrassment.

“On our part, we will try and do more to educate people on the consequences of such actions because if anything happens, nobody will listen to their story of registering SIMs for people at a fee of about N5,000.”