NCC shut down APC SMS Presidential Campaign Fund Raising Platform

Barely 48 hours after the Buhari-Osinbajo Presidential Campaign Fundraising Committee launched some of its platforms for raising funds, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shutdown the Short Messaging Service (SMS) platform – 35350 – meant to encourage small donors, especially young people, to do so.

Director of the Committee and Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, had on Tuesday unveiled five platforms, including partnership with five banks for donors wishing to pay cash towards the fund, the Electronic payment platform involving logging in on the APC domain name www.apcgmbpyo.org, the Short Messaging Service with 35350, the Ring tone and the Scratch Card platforms.

However, briefing the press at the Lagos House, Marina, on Thursday, Governor Fashola announced with regrets that before the end of Tuesday after the launch of the platforms, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) had issued a letter to the telecoms operators “not to carry political messages” thereby shutting down the SMS platform.