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The deadline for linking the national identity numbers to SIM cards in Nigeria has been shifted again. The deadline, which was to come into effect on Sunday, has now been extended by three months to October 31. The decision to extend the deadline was made following a request by stakeholders to accommodate registration in hard-to-reach remote areas, foreigners and diplomatic missions, diaspora and address low enrolments in schools and hospitals, as evidenced by enrolment statistics. It also followed a review of the progress of the exercise which indicated significant progress hence the need to consolidate the gains of the enrolment

The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended till June 30 by the federal government.Minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Pantami reportedly gave the directive after a virtual meeting with Adeolu Akande, NCC chairman; Umar Garba Dambatta, executive vice president of NCC, and Aliyu Azeez, director-general of NIMC. This was confirmed in a statement jointly signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Kayode Adegoke, Head of Corporate Communications at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). It was also learnt that almost 54 million

The Nigerian government has announced that over 51 million Nigerians have been registered for the National Identification Number (NIN), which is now required for major activities including getting an international passport and a driver’s license. The figure was announced in a joint press statement by the spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the National Identity Management Commission. The officials also said the government has extended the deadline for residents to link their SIM cards to their NIN. The deadline was extended to May 6. “The request for the extension was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari and he endorsed it,” the officials

The federal government yesterday put the number of Nigerians that have obtained the National Identification Number (NIN) as of Wednesday at 51 million, warning that those without NIN risk 14 years’ imprisonment. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, said at a ministerial briefing in Abuja, coordinated by the presidential media team, that there were no plans to lift the ban on Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration. Pantami also put the number of SIM card subscribers at over 150 million. He stated that while 51 million had completed their NIN registrations, the remaining 99 million had problems