Ife Ogunfuwa with agency reportAirtel Nigeria has officially filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the listing of its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. It was gathered from top sources at the commission on Tuesday that the telecom company’s application was filed two weeks ago. It was learnt that SEC was presently examining the application in line with its rules and regulations, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. The planned listing of Airtel Nigeria on NSE follows the successful listing by introduction of MTN shares on the premium board of Nigeria’s bourse , as part of a condition for failing to disconnect 5.1 million unregistered SIM cards in Nigeria. “We triggered the listing of MTN on the NSE and MTN has complied.

Source: Punch June 19, 2019 02:48 UTC