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Background
On 15 December 2020, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
directed that all phone Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) should
be registered with valid National Identification Numbers (NINs)
failing which such SIMs will be blocked. The National
Identification Management Commission ( NIMC or Commission ) confirmed that the NIN registration applied
to all Nigerians and legal residents in Nigeria as provided under
the NIMC Act of 2007. Section 5 of the NIMC Act of 2007 empowers
NIMC to create a national database, harmonise existing ones and
register eligible persons.
In line with this, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has
indicated that its database will be harmonised with the NIMC s