In the wake of enforcing the SIM-NIN policy, 20.4 million Nigerians risk being disconnected from telecommunication services if the Federal Government implements the National Identification Number–Subscriber Identity Module policy as it has hinted.
This was disclosed in a statement signed Thursday, by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission, Mr Kayode Adegoke.
This is coming just as the March 31, 2022, deadline for the exercise elapsed.
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According to the Federal Government, subscribers now have a couple of days to link their SIMs to NINs before it begins to enforce the policy.
“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 days,” the statement read in part.
