The Federal Government has extended the deadline for NIN-SIM
data verification to the end of 2021.
This was contained in a joint statement signed by the
Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr
Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head, Corporate Communications at Nigeria Identity
Management Commission, Mr Kayode Adegoke issued on Saturday.
The statement was titled ‘Stakeholders Applaud the NIN-SIM
Verification Exercise as FG Urges Citizens and Legal Residents to Enrol Before
the End of the Year.’
According to the statement, the extension was due to appeals
by the Mobile Network Operators and other industry stakeholders, seeking an
extension to ensure better compliance with government’s directive.
It read, “The Minister of Communications and Digital
Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has conveyed the approval of the Federal Government
to extend the deadline for the National Identity Number-Subscriber Identity
Module data verification. Citizens and
legal residents are urged to complete the process before the end of the year
2021.
“The decision to
extend the deadline was made further to appeals by the Mobile Network Operators
and other industry stakeholders, soliciting for a further extension to ensure
better compliance with government’s directive and to avoid widening the digital
divide. The extension would also provide the enabling environment for the
registration of Nigerians in remote areas, diaspora, schools, hospitals,
worship centres, as well as foreigners, diplomatic missions, those in other
areas that were hitherto unreachable, and increase enrolments in countries with
a significant number of Nigerians.”
The statement said more than 9,500 enrolment systems with
over 8,000 NIN enrolment centres were available in and outside the country to
ease the enrolment and linkage process.
It read, “As of October 30, 2021, there were over 9,500
enrolment systems and over 8,000 NIN enrolment centres within and outside the
country- this has significantly eased the NIN enrolment process and subsequent
linkage of NIN to SIM.”
The press statement further stated that 66 million unique
NIN enrolments have been captured since the enrolment process began, with an
average of three to four SIMs linked to the NIN.
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