Nigeria’s ID regulator has explained why owners of National Identification Number otherwise called NIN, generated from BVN, cannot use them for linking SIM and NIN records.
A number of BVN owners who discovered that NIN has been automatically generated for them without enrolment took for granted that it would be the same experience with the pairing of their SIM records for the mandatory SIM+NIN linking ordered by Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy.
But they were wrong as National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says that owners of NIN generated from BVN are required to have their biometric information captured at an enrolment centre before they can link same to their SIM records.