By The Federal Government has announced an extension of the deadline issued to all telecommunication operators in the country to block all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) without the National Identification Number (NIN).
The registration has now been extended by three weeks for subscribers with NIN from 30th December, 2020 to 19th January, 2021. While the extension for subscribers without NIN is to span for six weeks from 30th December, 2020 to 9th February, 2021.
Also, all USSD and verification charges have been suspended during these extensions.
This was contained in a joint statement issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday.
These resolutions were reached at a meeting of the National Task Force on National Identification Number (NIN) and SIM Registration. The meeting, which was chaired by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, had in attendance major stakeholders in the sector including Chairman-NCC, EVC-NCC, DG-NITDA, DG-NIMC, ECTS/ECSM-NCC, Chairman ALTON, CEOs of MTN, Airtel, Ntel, Glo, Smile, and 9Mobile.
“NIMC has provided strategies to enable citizens attend the registration in full compliance with Covid-19 protocols – particularly the use of facemasks which remains mandatory and maintenance of social distancing,” the statement added.
