The Federal governments’ order that all telecommunications operators in Nigeria bar all outgoing calls of mobile numbers not yet linked with the National Identification Number has left Airtel Nigeria with losses.
From April 4, 2022, the federal government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, barred all subscriber identity module not linked with their National Identification Numbers from being able to make calls.
However, telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria, has lamented revenue loss as about 8.5 million of its customers were yet to comply with the linkage.
Airtel Nigeria noted that only 35.9 million out of its 44.4 million active customers had linked their NIN with their SIMs as of the end of April 2022, about one month since the barring.
Airtel Africa, the parent body of the Airtel Nigeria, made this known in its financial report for the year, ended March 2022.
Airtel noted that the number of its customers that were yet to link their NIN had affected its revenue for the year by 7 percent.
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