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Country Representative, Trans-African Youth Initiative (TAYI), Bakare Luqman (left); Executive Secretary, Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbolahan Awonuga; Chairman, ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo and Publicity Secretary, ALTON, Damian Udeh, when Adebayo was conferred with the “Africa Patriotic Award”, by the TAYI in Lagos at the weekend.
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Exodus of skilled and technology savvy Nigerian youths from Nigeria is gradually becoming a source of concern to the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON).
ALTON, which is an umbrella body for telecoms operators in Nigeria, has therefore called on government at all levels to find innovative ways to mitigate the exodus of youths from the country.
Group calls for six-month NIN deadline extension
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Applicants for the National Identification Number at the National Identity Management Commission office at Alausa, Lagos.on Monday. Photo: Saheed Olugbon
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The Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers has asked the government to stop exposing Nigerians to the risk of losing their lives all in the name of getting National Identity Numbers and linking it to their SIM cards.
The subscriber association said the insistence of the government on the February 9 deadline for the full linkage of National Identification Numbers had led to human deluge at various NIN registration centres in the country.
“We want to thank the president for giving us more time to deliver on this all-important assignment of creating a credible national identity database for the country. We’re also grateful to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Ali Pantami, for his commitment to enabling digital economy’’, the association said in the statement jointly signed its chairman Gbenga Adebayo and publicity secretary, Damian Udeh.
It added: “To ensure that we utilize the extension period judiciously, we urge all telecom subscribers who have a NIN to link it to their SIM Cards through available channels as soon as possible. Those yet to enroll are advised to visit www.nimc.gov.ng http://www.nimc.gov.ng for a list of enrolment centres close to them.’’
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