197,000 Subscribers Have Ported Their Numbers – NCC

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Dr Eugene Juwah, yesterday (Friday, July 18), said 197,000 subscribers have ported their numbers from one network to another in their efforts to take advantage of the opportunities availed by the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme in terms of improved quality of service.

Dr Juwah, who spoke at a prize giving ceremony for winners of an essay competition in Abuja, said the mobile number portability has afforded subscribers a variety of choices, enhanced quality services as well as deepened competition amongst telecommunication providers.

He expressed hope that the months ahead would see more people changing their service providers from one to another.


Dr Juwah, who described vandalism of telecoms operators facilities as one of the major challenges constraining improved quality service generally, explained that with increasing investment of the operators on infrastructure, proper protection of the telecommunications facilities and improved power supply, services to consumers would continue to improve.

Dr Juwah, said it was pleasing to note that more and more subscribers were porting their numbers in a rapidly more competitive market environment.

The first prize winner in the essay competition got five hundred thousand naira, a computer and a printer while the second and third prize winners got three hundred and two hundred thousand naira cash prizes.

The winners are Dasaolu Olawale Johnson, a 400 level Law student of the University of Lagos (first prize winner); Kadri Zaharat Olamide, a 500 level Veterinary Medicine student of the University of Ibadan (2nd Prize winner) and Nicholas Ifeanyi Okpala, a 400 level Civil Engineering student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.

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