The Nigeria Commission Communications has urge all Stakeholders to disregard any information on subscriber data different from those presented its website.
The Commission (NCC) while reacting to an online media report alleging that mobile telephony subscriptions in Nigeria somehow grew by 3,000,000 new subscribers in the first quarter of 2021, despite the suspension on the registration of new subscribers from December 9, 2020 and was only lifted in May, 2021.
In a signed statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the Ericsson Mobility Report cited in the online publication is essentially a forecast of trends based on Ericsson’s analysis and does not refer to the NCC or any official channel as source for its data or projections.
He stated that it is therefore inaccurate that Nigeria recorded 3 million new lines in the 1st Quarter of 2021 as stated in the media report.
Adinde further clarified that the Nigerian Communications Commission and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) are the only authoritative sources of authentic data on the Nigerian telecommunications sector.
“Indeed, as a matter of corporate policy and consistent with international best practice, relevant data and statistics on the industry are transparently reported and regularly updated on the Commission’s website (< https://www.ncc.gov.ng/statistics-reports/industry-overview >) for free use by interested Stakeholders” he noted.
The Commission encourages all Stakeholders to visit its website for authentic data on the sector and to refer all doubts to its Public Affairs Department to avoid unnecessary controversy and/or inadvertently misleading other Stakeholders who may rely on such reports.
