The Federal Government of Nigeria (FG) revealed that the deadline for the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) has been extended by eight (8) weeks.
This was revealed in a recent statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde.
The statement was released on February 2 and it read in part;
”The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021.
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This message was conveyed by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) during the meeting of the Ministerial Taskforce on NIN-SIM registration held on February 1, 2021. Dr Pantami stated that the extension is to give Nigerians and legal residents more time to integrate their NIN with the SIM.”
