The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that telecommunications companies in Nigeria lost a total of 12 million internet subscribers in 2021 due to the national identification number (NIN) linkage policy.

In its latest report titled “2021 subscriber/network data annual report”, the commission also said a total of nine million active voice subscribers were lost between 2020 and 2021.

Recall that in December 2020, NCC had given telecommunications companies a two-week ultimatum to block SIM cards not registered with NIN.