The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has disclosed that NIN and SIM card linkage deadline has been extended from April to 6th May, 2021.
Ibrahim made the disclosure in a meeting which was attended by key stakeholders in Abuja.
According to the Minister, the request for the extension was endorsed after it was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari.
On the updates of the NIN-registration process, the meeting confirmed that , over 51 million people have been assigned NINs.
“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 enrollments has increased significantly to about 2.6 million registrations.
“There has also been a remarkable increase in the number of enrolment centres across the country with about 3,800 centres available for enrollments . There are also many more new centres in the pipeline,” said the Minister.
The Minister also emphasised 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 thank Nigerians for their patience and compliance with the Federal Government’s directive on the NIN-SIM registration exercise. He reiterated government’s commitment to continually taking decisions aimed at easing the pains of the citizens with regard to issues related to NIN and SIM registration.
The Chairman of the EFCC who addressed the meeting stated that the NIN-SIM linkage would support the Federal Government in checkmating the activities of fraudsters and cybercriminals.
Recall that the Federal Government had earlier extended the NIN-SIM linkage deadline to April 6, 2021 following a widespread protested that greeted the initial time line.
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