Ministerial nominee, Sunday Dare, has spoken up about how mobile phones can be used to track kidnappers.
He disclosed this as he responded to questions from the lawmakers during the ministerial screening exercise today.
Dare added that kidnapping has been a cause of concern for not only regulators but Nigerians too.
According to him, apprehending kidnappers has to be a joint effort.
His words, “We have a sim registration database inclusive of 172 million subscribers, providing the necessary biometrics of the users after which we began a process of verification and screening.
“In the last three years, we have worked with NIMC to scrub data and get them back. We have done over 50 million and have captured at least 85 per cent of every sim in this country in terms of registration…
“Until the kidnapping is done, until phone call is made, no software to monitor 172 million users.”
“NCC working to sanitise sim registration. I cannot disclose the details of the process.”
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