Commission to tackle kidnapping with technology

could these dullards give us a break...kidnapping is a crime...in nigeria, only the federal organ runs the police force...it is their duty to prevent crime, NOT the ministry of communication....the tool of their choice is strictly at the behest of the nigeria police....buffoons

Good someone is now talking sens at last. In this age of technology few bad elements of society thought they can subjugate law abiding citizen to tarrany. They must be completely flushed out A nation is grate by the positive thinking, and hard working of it's citizen. Not those who wants easy source of get rich quick.Just take a look at their demand of ransom, you will notice that these are ruthless human been.Being jobless should challenge your mind to positive thinking.

..........abeg, tackle unemployment with technology..........

It seems this new NCC guy likes seeing his name and face in the papers. He has been rattling on about everything since he was appointed. This is what you get when you appoint dullards into important position and whats worse is that he is still "acting" I wonder what he will start saying if he a substantive appointment.

NCC or no NCC. Sim registration or no registration. If all of these is to truely check the activities of kidnappers, i assure you in the end the Nigerian police will help in aiding and abaiting the crime even better by collecting their cuts from the culprits before freeing them. No sense in your technology

Why should NCC give telecom company subsidy. I have seen that his country is run by selfish managers. Why should NCC bear the cost of registering SIM of a billion Naira profit making organisations. This make me see my leaders.

The major problem with blocking phones is that the phone's serial number is used. With companies having several manufacturing plants across the world and/or fake manufacturers, duplication of this numbers are rampant and is a recurring problem that has made this technology hard to enforce as several phones may have the same serial number and thus will be blocked due to one phone being stolen or otherwise.

T.P., You are on point!

.. COME ON! Is there something we won't criticize in NEXT? Please let's give the NCC some slack, they mean well for the nation.

With registration of sim cards or not, Crime can always be carried out successfully by Naija hoodlums, they all have what it takes. remember say Naija no dey carry last, so the federal govt should come up with physical means of tackling crime and forget about technology.

It is very bad that this is happening to a nation like Nigeria. Is there any way i can help in this situation for the betterment of my own country. What about NFF.

to me if you want to tackle this problem we need to know were the arms are coming from

This is a welcome, though belated, development.

No matter what,we must start from somewhere.Sim registeration is a good one.I strongly feel NCC is moving in the right direction.

@T.P,Point of correction,It is the duty of EVERYBODY to prevent crime not just the police,And the use of ICT cannot be over emphasised.RECORDS are equally important for any difference to be made.Learn to make your country work!

Lets even put aside whether this is his responsibility or not, and consider 'his' idea... Scenario 1: A kidnapper could ask an accomplice in another location - 200km away, to make 'the' call... | Sc2: Call could be made from a moving car...By the time the cops get 'there', there is no victim to be rescued...I envisage a whole industry of GPS enabled earrings, necklaces, underwear, wigs, beards, wedding rings...if this kidnapping situation continues at this pace...

This is going to be a welcome development if actually it could be implemented.The problem with the governement is that a well articulated plan is always conceived,but to implement such plan is always difficult.

Someone should ask this dude how he can track Skype or VOIP calls.They just want to loot money through registration.Stop Stealing create jobs through Technology. Militants are been paid more than NYSC.It only goes to show that crime pays in Nigeria.

I have read comments after comments and all seem to have lost faith in the country.Every one of us is a function of the society.The Police we crucify are products of society.When will our people stop this tongue lashing and contribute positively to fixing Nigeria?Start fixing yourself and let all do the same,i tell you these vices will fizzle out.I love this nation and no denigration will make me loose faith in NAIJA.

The solution is for Goverment of PDP to creat Jobs and not loot and starsh away the loot in european countries... Even with your technology kidnappers will devise a new method. Just creat jobs and see how kidnapping will end.

The NCC don't understand what they are talking about and are chasing shadows. The technology is already with the telecoms firms. Subsidy, registration of sims are only avenues of chopping.

all this wouldn't help the matter, the point is there is no future for those that are not graduate or able to go to school, even some of the graduates are less able to find a good job to boost the economy of the country, so tell me the problem is not the use of technology, but the leaders we have that have decided to make do with our right and embezzle the money of the country... look at ghana, they have steady light, we are even the people providing them with the light they have, but ours don't last up to 3hours... so tell me how can we be sincere with ourselves, the problem of nigeria is you guys that call yourselves politicians and don't even think about the poor, who put you there to represent them....MAY GOD HELP US ALL...

This Gwandu fellow is really desperate to be confirmed as CEO of NCC via talking on any issue that will hit the media headlines. Yesterday, he was tackling NESREA on their statutory functions to regulate the telecoms industry, today he is on kidnapping and perhaps tomorrow, we should expect a statement from him on NCC and child marriage. The man shoud get real and focus his attention on regulating the telecoms sector for better and cost effective services. His media and PR handlers are doing him no good.

registration of sim card or not,1)one person in nigeria can produce 50 original identity card with diferent names and register them. what are you going to do? 2)recently somebody was kidnapp in abuja and the kidnappers gave and account number for the money to be transfered there, what did the police do? nothing!!! because we don´t have a valid registration data base for all nigerians.WITH NO VALID ID CARD NO CRIME IS GOING TO STOP IN NIGERIA.

This is what youget when you do not employ the best hands for the job based on merit and experience. Nigeria will continue to be afailed state until we start working with experienced and selfless individuals.

A welcome development.A good step in the right direction, if not for anything,atleast to reduce the rate of crime that is so esclating.

Though belated,using satelite technology/sim card registration to tackle crime,is a welcome idea in Nigeria.Its been in use for a long while in the Western world.In addition to this is the need to overhaul our dear NPF to make it more effective and service oriented.

@Acting Executive Vice chairman WELL SAID. Just start the process I don't want to hear ("We will, it should, it shall, will be, shall be) because there is a mass transfer going on and we are not sure who is who amongs them. This issue of security is everybody's business not only the police, lets do all we can to prevent crime. CCTV Ke.

I hate to call some Nigerians mumu, but on this issue I will. What has SIM registration got to do with crime prevention, it will not curtail crime, but can be used in aiding and prosecuting a criminal. A die hard criminal only needs to buy a 99 pence sim card from UK and load it with £5.00 to make a roaming call in Nigeria. And that number will show as international call. Commit the crime and discard the SIM. The same way burgalry proof has proven ineffective in detering armed robbers (as they only need to knock before you open the door) same way the technology described here will not solve it. Triangulation will only give you the location, you still need police to do house-to-house search. As to the GPS, you can switch it off on your phone or better still use old gsm phones. The real way to deter kidnapping and possible eradication is to curtail corruption and ensure that everybody is taken care of. Tecchnology does not work in isolation, it is made possible through social-technology interaction in which social cultures and accepted norms (behaviours) is infused into the technology. In our case, however good and reliable the technology is, the Nigerian factor (corruption) has to be factored into any use of technology to eradicate crimes.

@ Papalolo, you are the best mumu I have ever seen. SIM registration has a lot to do with crime reduction. Each subscriber has his personal details against his line (Number) with the network providers. The line(number) stands as PIN (Personal Identification Number) which is used to reference to a call on transaction log. Each dial made is subjected to location of the call via the Mast (Access point), time of call and the pointer's locator (receiver). The SIMs bear the lines (Phone numbers) with which the calls are made, definitely the forensic officers can trace the caller and the receivers via the information given as the SIM registration. The question you should have asked as a literate is "how can it be feasible?" because of watery-statement made at National convention. Nigerians will see this as opportunity to siphon money instead of actualizing the aims. Nigeria is a useless country when it come to devising technological means to solve perennial issue like crime. I have written many scripts on how to curb crime in Nigeria with the aids of technology but they turned deaf ears. I guess they are being sentisized the benefits that is why they have to take a second look on it.

The answer is TECHNOLOGY!! NCC please carry on with your plan. But the idea of giving the telecom industries subsidy is what i don't understand. These guys (Telecom Ind.) are worth billions so they should invest it to add value to lives and contribute in boosting the nation's economy because the best economies in the world are technology powered.

registration of sim cards what about the guns do they get it from the tree or bick them on the way? Naija we need many things, what about the four kidnappers didnt they mention there sponsor or Govt is still investigating or they are still under suspect. GOD HELP US.

@OJULARI, Abdulkabir Tola: Your pleasure and you are welcome. If you go back to my comment, I gave the reason to why that technology proposed will not curb crime as die hard criminal is not deter by your SIM registration. Using technology scanning, please show me where pay as you go customer are subjected to such rigorous registration exercise. The reason it is PAYG is that you dont need extensive registration. To start with, some customers are contract based who have already provided form of registration. The rest can be registered if the government provides infrastructure to do so. This will ensure that people can only activate their phone by calling customer services and give their address to the operator (it xan also be done via sms messages). The user is limited to outgoing calls and can only receive calls for 2 weeks. Post a letter to the address with a PIN for the suer to confirm their addresses via sms. The point is that you dont subject your citizens to unnecessaary exercises based on unquantified crime. The percentage of crime attributed to mobile phones are very insignificant than the actual corruption taking place in Nigeria. It is only because it is affecting the elites that's why they have no clue on what to do. If that should be the case, should we ban the use of generators because of the fire incidents and fumes? No, until we improve our infrastructure you cannot legislate on things you dont provide alternative. In addition make it easier for people to have landline at affordable price and mobile phones can be tied to individual house and line. Hope to discuss this with the ccccc brain at NCC.

Mandate Telcos to register their subscibers, spend 6b on hiring, training and equipping NPF, deploy assets to trouble spots. Invest what's left in a modern 9-1-1 system + dispatch centers (provide jobs). As is today, every mobile network knows the location of each subscriber otherwise you 'll never be able to place or recieve calls.

Hi good lads, You all have spoken very well...from professional perspective, Naija problem is far from what people say on TV screens and front pages of newspapers... All we need is nothing but rebranding and restructurin the system that's all and it's very easy to do..the big heads may/may not know it, but the opportunity for transformation will not be given to who can deliver our nation.