Ndukwe Advises Subscribers To Use Only Approved Handsets

Mr Ernest Ndukwe, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has advised Nigerians to use only government approved telephone handsets.
Ndukwe, who was speaking at a stakeholders' forum in Lagos recently, urged subscribers to visit the Commission's website to know the types of handets approved for use in the country.
He said that the NCC was working with the Nigerian Customs Service to ensure that only approved handsets were allowed in to the country.
Ndukwe advised subscribers to beware of fake handsets, which he said, had flooded the market and warned them to desist from buying sub-standard phones.
He said that not all Chinese products were inferior as being suggested by some, noting that China had come a long way in technology.
``Some telecoms operators in Nigeria patronise Chinese handsets because they are superior phones but there are some Chinese handsets in Nigeria that are not the types approved for us,” he said.