Nigeria, Nov. 14 -- Nigeria's Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has ordered the Nigerian Communication Commission to deactivate automatic voicemail on existing phone lines.

This is contained in a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday and signed by the minister's spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman.

According to the statement, subscribers are given an option to activate the voicemail via a code.

This is coming six days after the Nigerian government granted NCC more time to resolve illegal data deduction.

Mr Pantami had given directives to NCC to resolve other related issues.

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