{"id":63683,"date":"2022-04-24T14:46:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nin-sim-link-buhari-dragged-to-court-over-blocked-lines"},"modified":"2022-04-24T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T14:58:31","slug":"nin-sim-link-buhari-dragged-to-court-over-blocked-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nin-sim-link-buhari-dragged-to-court-over-blocked-lines","title":{"rendered":"NIN-SIM link: Buhari dragged to court over blocked lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Muhammadu Buhari has been sued for blocking persons yet to link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).<\/p>\n

The Federal Government had directed telecommunications companies to block outgoing calls on all unlinked lines. Millions of subscribers are affected.<\/p>\n

In suit number FHC\/L\/CS\/711\/2022 filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP said the government order was inconsistent with the requirements of legality.<\/p>\n

SERAP is seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining President Buhari and the Minister of Communication, Isa Pantami, from the continuous blockage of lines.<\/p>\n

It demanded adequate infrastructure and logistics to allow Nigerians, including persons with disabilities, the elderly and persons living in remote areas, to capture their data and conclude registration to obtain NIN.<\/p>\n

The organization argues that barring lines was inconsistent with the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended], and the country\u2019s international obligations to respect, protect, and promote socio-economic rights.<\/p>\n

Noting that access to telecommunications services is a condition sine qua non for the exercise of human rights, SERAP says the decision to block people from making calls \u201cis discriminatory and a travesty\u201d<\/p>\n

Joined in the suit as Respondents are Pantami and Abubakar Malami, Attorney General and Minister of Justice.<\/p>\n

The was suit filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers Kolawole Oluwadare and Opeyemi Owolabi.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Nigerian authorities have a responsibility to secure the rights to life and property, any such responsibility ought to be discharged in conformity with human rights standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blocking of people from making calls constitutes impermissible restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, information, and association\u201d, it reads.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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