The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has approved the extension of the NIN-SIM linkage to the 6th of May, 2021.
This was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari who endorsed the extension when it was requested before him.
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) stated that based on the updates of the NIN-registration process, over 51 million people have been assigned the NINs.
It said,
"There are many people who have enrolled and are in the process of being assigned NINs. With each individual having an average of 3 to 4 SIMs, the total number of SIMs tied to NINs would close to the total number of registered SIMs in the country. The current number of monthly enrollment has increased significantly to about 2.6 million registrations.
"There has also been a remarkable increase in the number of enrollment centres across the country with about 3,800 centres available for enrollments. There are many more new centres in the pipeline."
Speaking, Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa stated that the NIN-SIM linkage would support the federal government in checkmating the activities of fraudsters and cybercriminals.
Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami noted the importance of obtaining feedback from all stakeholders in order to ensure that the NIN-SIM linkage process is one that cannot easily be compromised.
He thanked Nigerians for their patience and compliance with the federal government's directive on the NIN-SIM registrations exercise.
Dr. Pantami restated government's commitment to continually taking decisions aimed at easing the pains of the citizens with regards to issues related to NIN and SIM registration.
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