The Federal Government has further extended the deadline for the linkage of National Identity Numbers (NIN) with the Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) card to December 31st, 2021.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami announced the latest extension of the deadline.
The extension was contained in a statement signed on behalf of the Minister by the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde and the Head of Corporate Communications of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Kayode Adegoke.
“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 government said.
It explained that 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.
