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FG EXTENDS DEADLINE OF NIN-SIM INTEGRATION BY 8 WEEKS

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED THE ONGOING NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (NIN) AND SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) INTEGRATION EXERCISE BY 8 WEEKS, WITH A NEW DEADLINE OF APRIL 6, 2021. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT JOINTLY SIGNED BY DIRECTOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, NCC, DR IKECHUKWU ADINDE AND HEAD, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, NIMC, MR KAYODE ADEGOKE, THE EXTENSION CONVEYED BY THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL ECONOMY, DR ISA ALI IBRAHIM DURING THE MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL TASKFORCE ON NIN-SIM REGISTRATION WHICH HELD ON MONDAY. DR PANTAMI STATED THAT THE EXTENSION IS TO GIVE NIGERIANS AND LEGAL RESIDENTS MORE TIME TO INTEGRATE THEIR NIN WITH THE SIM THE MEETING INDICATED THAT A TOTAL OF 56.18 MILLION NINS HAVE SO FAR BEEN COLLECTED BY MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS. HE FURTHER DISCLOSED THAT OVER 1,060 REGISTRATION CENTRES FOR NIN HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED AND MADE OPERATIONAL BY NIMC ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHILE MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS (MNOS) HAVE OPENED HUNDREDS OF CENTRES AND ARE RAPIDLY DEPLOYING RESOURCES TO OPEN THOUSANDS OF OTHER NIN ENROLMENT CENTRES ACROSS STATES OF THE COUNTRY.