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Nhaleko, MTN Nigeria Interim CEO
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The Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday extended to Friday the deadline given
to MTN to pay a US$5.2billion fine. The commission also said it sanctioned the
telecommunications giant based on security reasons following its failure to
deactivate 5.2million unregistered SIM cards.
It
said it acted in the national interest and to protect innocent Nigerians from
falling victim of terrorists using unregistered SIM cards.
According
to a top shot in NCC, the deadline was extended to Friday for more
consultations.
The
source said: “Although the deadline expired on Monday, we have extended it
to Friday to enable all parties to conclude ongoing talks.
