The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to March, 2022.
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Ali Ibrahim disclosed this in a statement signed by the spokesperson of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr. Ike Adinde, and that of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Kayode Adegoke, on Friday.
He said “the stakeholders have applauded the Federal Government on the significant growth in the number of NIN enrolments and the increased drive to enlighten Nigerians and legal residents across the country. As of 30th December 2021, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued over seventy-one million (71m) NINs with over fourteen thousand (14,000) enrolment centres set up across the country.”
He said NIMC has also set up enrolment centres in 31 countries to cater for Nigerians in the diaspora.
“The unprecedented growth in the National Identity Database to over 71 million unique NINs in such a short period, with about 3 to 4 SIMs linked to a NIN, reflects the concerted effort of the Federal Government, the Nigerian populace and legal residents and this is truly commendable.”
“Following the request by stakeholders, including citizens, legal residents and Nigerians in the diaspora, the Federal Government has extended the deadline of the exercise to the 31st of March, 2022,” the statement said.
