 Nigerians under 18 years could be barred from buying or registering SIM cards for mobile phones. That's because the draft copy of the modified registration of telephone subscribers regulation that has just been published stipulates 18 as the minimum age to register a SIM. Plus TV Africa's Destiny Momo has more on this. Mobile phones are everywhere these days in rural and urban areas and with the young and old. But a draft regulation posted on the website of Nigerian Communications Commission restricted SIM card ownership and registration to persons 18 years and above. A telecommunications expert thinks security could be the reason for this. The policy should be more of what do you call it, security concern. If it is that all of us should be on deck in order to ensure that the insecurity that is pervasive in the country is nipping the board, we should all support the policy if it is about securing us. Mobile phone operators are unhappy about the age limit. At a public inquiry conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission in Abuja, they urged the regulator to revise the restriction. What does the everyday Nigerian think about this? Somewhere like me, I have children who are not even up to 18 years. I left phones for them at least to communicate. Nothing is going to happen, my sister. They should forget about it. My own daughter now is just 17 and she has finished. So do I say when she is going to university I will not give her, she will not be able to register a phone on her own, a line on her own. It's wrong. It's not right because since you are above 13, 14, you can register your SIM card but when you said you should be above 18, I mean I don't think you work well. It's not something to bad if they say less than 18 years. So below 18 years they should still be under tutelage of the appearance. They can't make decisions of themselves even though the 17, 15, 16 years of nowadays are well-matured physically. The new age limit could hinder the subscriber growth of Nigeria's mobile telecommunications companies. The four GSM operators had a combined subscriber base of 189 million at the end of August up from 187 million in July. Destiny Momo for Plus TV Africa. Subscribe to the YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.