Subscribers Task NCC On Unsolicited Text Messages

Net work subscribers in
Nigeria have described as worrisome the stream of unsolicited text messages sent to their phones by telecommunications operators in the country.
A cross section of subscribers who spoke to our correspondent on the trend said the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) should check the trend.
According to Mr Victor Umeh, a communication expert who spoke to our correspondent, recently, in Port Harcourt, the development was capable of disrupting business activities of individuals and organizations.
He opined that the NCC was not doing enough to put the operation on the path of good business practices by allowing the trend to go unchecked.
Umeh said a situation where unsolicited messages interrupt people who use their phones for business activities was uncalled for.
For Teresa Woke, who works with one of the business centres in Port Harcourt, although such messages were distractive in nature, she said some of them were educative.
She said the operators should however meet and work out modalities to check the menace since majority of the messages sent to subscribers emanate from fraudsters.
Lending his voice, the Managing Director of Jeros Communications, Mr Chimerice Ezeilo, who spoke to our correspondent said experience has shown that a goal percentage of such messages come from internet fraudsters.
Ezeilo explained that over time, these dubious characters have succeeded in manipulating scratch cards and using same for selfish purposes.
He however expressed the view that the various communication outfits in the country were capable of checking the activities of the fraudsters.
The Jeros Communications boss further called on the NCC to step up measures to educate the   unsuspecting public on how not to fall prey to the antics of the originators of such message that do not emanate from the approved communications companies in the country.