The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has asked
Nigerians to complete their national identity number (NIN) registration
irrespective of generating same through bank verification number (BVN).
The agency had earlier announced that NIN generated by the
BVN can be used after it has been updated at the NIMC enrollment centre.
The biometrics capturing part of the registration can only
be done at the NIMC enrollment centre.
In a tweet on Tuesday, NIMC said the NIN registration must
be completed despite NIN generation through BVN.
The agency warned that an incomplete registration will
hinder the user’s access to the NIMC mobile app and render the NIN-SIM
integration invalid.
“You must complete your NIN registration even if your BVN
has generated a NIN,” the tweet read.
“If your NIN was generated due to the BVN record
harmonization with the National Identity Database, you will not have access to
the NIMC mobile app and your NIN-SIM integration will be invalid. Visit an
enrollment centre to complete NIN registration.”
You MUST complete your NIN registration even if your BVN has generated a NIN.@DrIsaPantami @aliyuaziz @FMoCDENigeria@nimc_ng@NgComCommission @NITDANigeria@Galaxybackbone@ConsumersNCC @NIPOSTNG @UwaSuleiman pic.twitter.com/2qefXknPkY
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) January 12, 2021
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had asked all
telcos to disconnect the SIM cards of persons who have not integrated their NIN
with their phone lines by the end of January.
Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy,
had said an application is available to help Nigerians link their NIN with up
to seven phone numbers.
But NIMC warned Nigerians to adopt caution while downloading the mobile application for linking NIN with SIM cards as fraudulent applications are now available on the internet.
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