By Emma Okonji The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended the sale and activation of new SIM cards known as Subscriber Identification Module. The Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who announced the suspension in a statement issued by the Commission, said the action became necessary in line with the federal government desire to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration excercise of September 2019. NCC therefore advised all telecoms operators to henceforth stop all sales and activation of new SIM cards on their networks. Part of the statement issued by NCC, read: "In line with the Federal Government desire to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration exercise of September, 2019, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to embark on another audit of the Subscriber Registration Database again.