47.8m NIN Collected So Far – FG
BY GLORIA USMAN, ABUJA – The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that 47.8 million NINs have been so far collected by the mobile operators.
This was made known at the end of a review meeting of the Technical Implementation Committee under the Ministerial Task Force which noted that significant progress has been made in the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage exercise.
The Task Force noted that with an average of three to four SIMs per subscriber, many millions will be linked up before the deadline in February 2021.
Reacting to the report, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Pantami expressed satisfaction with this commendable achievement and expressed the federal government’s appreciation for the commitment demonstrated by all stakeholders and citizens.
The minister urged the Task Force to submit their NINs before 9th February, 2021 deadline and also urged the technical team to fast-track the processes so that the project can be delivered soonest.
The Technical Committee drew attention to the App developed by Federal Government which allows subscribers to link up to a maximum of seven (7) SIMs to their NIN.
The Minister concluded by reminding Nigerians to secure and protect their NINs, just as he urged subscribers to desist from selling their NINs or allowing others to use their NINs for registration.
He said; “For any action committed with the SIM, whether good or bad, it will be officially traced and attached to the NIN owner”.
