By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The Federal Government has again extended the deadline for the National Identification Number -Subscriber Identity Module (NIN-SIM) data verification to July, 26, 2021.
This was contained in a statement co-signed by Dr IKechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),in Abuja and Mr Kayode Adegoke, Head of Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission(NIMC).
They said the extention followed requests made by stakeholders.
Similarly, the Federal Government also approved the increase in enrolment system to 5, 410.
The statement explained: “The decision to extend the deadline was made after a request by stakeholders on the need to consolidate the enrolment and NIN-SIM verification process following the rapid increase in the number of enrolment systems across the country.
“As at June 28, 2021, a total of 5,410 enrolment systems are now available across the country and this would significantly ease the NIN enrolment process and subsequent linkage of NIN to SIM.
”It is worthy to note that there were only about 800 of such enrolment systems as at December 2020.”
It further said the Federal Government approved the extension as part of its effort to make it easier for its citizens and residents to obtain the NIN.
It said that there were a total of 57.3 million unique NIN enrolments, with an average of three to four SIMs per NIN.
With the great number of enrolment centres across the country, every citizen and legal resident should be able to obtain their NINs,” the statement added.
It quoted the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, as saying the Federal Government, appreciates Nigerians for their patience and compliance with its directive on the NIN-SIM registration exercise.
Also, it disclosed that the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof Umar Dambatta, and the Director-General of NIMC, Aliyu Azeez, urged citizens and legal residents to make sure they use the opportunity to complete the process of enrolment and verification.
The registration has been extended 6 times from January 19, to Feb. 9, April 6, May 6, June 30 and July 26.
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