Active mobile subscription has sustained sliding profile, as telecoms operators lost 47,028 lines in November 2020. The development, might for now, have little or nothing to do with the new SIM card ..
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Following directives by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami that all telecommunication service providers link all active Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards to National Identification Numbers (NIN) of the owners, the rush to enrol for these numbers began.
The penalty of not carrying out the directive was that the lines of active subscribers were going to be blocked. A 14-day ultimatum which was meant to elapse by December 31, 2020, was initially given.
Statistics showed that as of October 2020, the total number of mobile network connections was 207.58 million. With only 43 million of those being linked to valid NINs, it was estimated that 164 million telephone users would face disconnection.
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National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) offices nationwide are bracing up for a deluge of enrollees expected to flood their offices starting from Monday, aftermath the suspension of the strike action embarked upon by staffers of the commission last week.
NIMC staffers had embarked on the strike last Thursday over what they described as exposure to risks of COVID-19, among other demands bordering on the welfare of staff members.
After the intervention by Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, the strike was called off and enrolment services are expected to resume.
A statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications of the ministry, Kayode Adegoke after the suspension of the strike had said: “Enrolment services were temporarily disrupted when the local chapter of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) of NIMC embarked on an industrial action on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 immediately after their congress.
• FG Intervenes As NIMC Workers Call Off Strike
• Enrollment Resumes Monday
• Afenifere Faults NIN Registration Amid COVID-19
Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz, has disclosed that 15 million people with Bank Verification Number (BVN) have been linked with the National Identity Number (NIN).
Besides, he said the ongoing enrollment into the National Identity System has nothing to do with the second wave of COVID-19, as the exercise had been on before the pandemic.
He told The Guardian in Abuja, yesterday, that NIMC has adequate equipment and up to this moment, the organisation has not utilised it to full capacity and the strategy now has changed completely.
• FG Intervenes As NIMC Workers Call Off Strike
• Enrollment Resumes Monday
• Afenifere Faults NIN Registration Amid COVID-19
Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz, has disclosed that 15 million people with Bank Verification Number (BVN) have been linked with the National Identity Number (NIN).
Besides, he said the ongoing enrollment into the National Identity System has nothing to do with the second wave of COVID-19, as the exercise had been on before the pandemic.
He told The Guardian in Abuja, yesterday, that NIMC has adequate equipment and up to this moment, the organisation has not utilised it to full capacity and the strategy now has changed completely.