The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to enforce the National Identity Number registration, 20.4 million Nigerians risk being barred from telecommunication services.
The Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde disclosed this in a statement.
The statement said March 31, 2022, is the deadline for the exercise to expire, adding that subscribers now have a couple of days to link their SIMs to NINs before it begins to enforce the policy.
When enforced, subscribers who have not linked their SIMs and NINs together will not be able to use telecommunication services.
“The general public would recall that the Federal Government approved an extension of the NIN-SIM linkage deadline to the 31st of March 2022.
“In preparation for the enforcement, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami urges citizens and legal residents to use the next few days to ensure that they complete the linkage.
“To this end, the Honourable Minister has further directed that NIMC should offer enrolment services round-the-clock for the next few
The NIMC said its enrollment centres would be operational this weekend to give chance to those who have not linked their NIN to do so before enforcement of the NIN-SIM linkage commences.
“In preparation for the enforcement, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami urges citizens and legal residents to use the next few days to ensure that they complete the linkage.
“To this end, the Minister has further directed that NIMC should offer enrolment services round-the-clock for the next few days.”
