NCC says NIN enrolments has exceeded 71 Million as Federal Government extends NIN-SIM Verification to 31st March 2022
Abuja has approved the extension of the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of March, 2022.
This is according to Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) quoting the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) as saying, adding, following the request by stakeholders, including citizens, legal residents and Nigerians in the diaspora, the Federal Government has extended the deadline of the exercise to the 31st of March, 2022.
This extension would enable the Federal Government to consolidate the gains of the process and accelerate the enrolment of Nigerians in key areas like the remote areas, diaspora, schools, hospitals, worship centres, and the registration of legal residents.
It added that as of 30th December 2021, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued over seventy-one million (71m) NINs with over fourteen thousand (14,000) enrolment centres set up across the country.
Furthermore, NIMC has also set up enrolment centres in over thirty-one (31) countries to cater for Nigerians in the Diaspora.
