Sunday Dare, one of the 43
ministerial nominees, on Thursday spoke on how phones can be used to track
kidnappers.
He said this while responding to
questions from the lawmakers during the ministerial screening exercise on
Thursday.
Mr Dare, currently an Executive
Commissioner at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), explained
possible steps to take to negotiations made by kidnappers via phone.
The Senate President, Ahmad
Lawan, posed the question.
Mr Dare stated that kidnapping
has been a worry to not just regulators but Nigerian citizens as well.
According to him, arresting
kidnapping requires a collaborative effort.
“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,” he
explained.
While stating that it is
difficult for him to explain the process of triangulation, he said the most
significant step is the attempt to create a national citizen database.
“NCC working to sanitise sim
registration. I cannot disclose the details of the process,” he said.
Mr Dare added that the commission
has three task forces in Lagos checking agencies giving out unregistered sim
cards.
The nominee answered many more
questions ranging from cybercrime to dropped calls. For this, he said, is a
challenge in the telecommunications industry.
He also said telecommunications
infrastructure is another major challenge in the industry.
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