Nigeria struggles to utilize biometric SIM registration to ID criminals

Nigeria’s mandate for SIM cards to be registered to national digital IDs was intended to erect a major barrier against an epidemic of kidnappings plaguing the country. It has not worked yet.

The problem, according to Former Communication and Digital Economy Minister Isa Pantami, is not with the policy, but with its implementation and enforcement. Pantami described his frustration with an incident in which six sisters were kidnapped in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in a series of social media messages …

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