Again Pantami Extends Deadline for NIN- SIM Linkage

The deadline for NIN-SIM data verification has been extended by the federal government until the end of 2021.

On Saturday, the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Nigeria Identity Management Commission’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Kayode Adegoke, issued a joint statement.

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‘Stakeholders Applaud the NIN-SIM Verification Exercise as FG Urges Citizens and Legal Residents to Enrol Before the End of the Year,’ read the statement.

The statement reads in parts, “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.”

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The statement said more than 9,500 enrolment systems with over 8,000 NIN enrolment centres were available in and outside the country.

The extension was granted in response to petitions from mobile network operators and other industry stakeholders, according to the statement.