The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says Nigerians
should get a national identity number and submit to their network operators.
The commission disclosed this on Wednesday in a revised statement announcing the suspension of sales and reactivation of new SIM cards.
Telcos were directed to suspend the sale and activation of
new SIM cards on your network until the audit exercise is completed.
“All citizens are urged to immediately secure digital
identification from the National Identity Management Commission and submit it
to the network operators,” the statement read.
The NIN is a form of identification introduced by the
federal government and managed by the National Identity Management Commission
(NIMC).
It is currently a prerequisite for getting an international
passport.
The NIMC is currently harmonising the NIN and the bank
verification number (BVN) and has set a five-year target to register all
Nigerians after a $430 million World Bank loan for the Nigeria digital
identification for development project.
The BVN is a prerequisite to owning a bank account and it is
used to link all bank and pension accounts owned by an individual.
A statement released by Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC director for
public affairs, on Wednesday said the directive became necessary against the
background of the “preponderance of pre-registered SIMs with the attendant
security implications associated with the use of same to facilitate criminal
activities”.
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