Good News to Nigerians As FG May Extend NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline Again
- There the possibility that the federal government will extend NIN-SIM data verification to the 2022
- This follows the success recorded as Dr Isa Pantami says as of December 10, over 70 million unique national identity number enrolments have been recorded
- According to the minister, the number of enrolments recorded moved from 40 million in September 2020 to over 70 million as of December 10
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Following the success recorded, the federal government might likely extend the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to the year 2022.
According to the minister of communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, as of December 10, 2021, over 70 million unique national identity number enrolments have been recorded in the country.
Punch Newspaper reports that he disclosed this in his speech at the fifth-generation spectrum auction in Abuja on Monday, December 13.
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He said the number of enrolments recorded moved from 40 million in September 2020 to over 70 million as of December 10, 2021, showing an increase of over 30 million in slightly over a year period.
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Pantami said:,
“We have already made a number of giant strides in the development of our digital economy and the deployment of 5G networks will further support our efforts. For example, it is worthy of note that, as of December 10, 2021, we had exceeded the 70 million mark in unique NIN enrolments.
“You will recall that we had just over 40 million enrolments in September 2020. The additional enrolments, which are close to 30 million enrolments in a little over a year, constitute a truly great feat to the extent that other countries now want to learn from us.”
NCC denies plan to disqualify Nigerians under 18-years from owning SIM cards
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has described reports that it plans to disqualify Nigerians below the age of 18-years-old from owning or registering Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards as misleading.
The NCC in a statement signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, its director of public administration said the new report is a misrepresentation of the proceedings of the Reviewed/Draft Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations organised by the commission.
According to Adinde, parents are allowed to acquire SIM cards for their children and wards. However, Adinde said it should be made clear that following the acquisition of these SIM cards for minors by proxy, the parents must be ready to take responsibility for whatever might happen thereafter.
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