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Summary
On 31st December, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the
Finance Bill, 2020 (now Finance Act) into law. The Finance Act,
2020 (the Act), which has a commencement date of 1st January 2021,
was signed into law alongside the 2021 Appropriation Bill (now
Appropriation Act). The Act introduces significant changes to a
number of tax and regulatory laws in Nigeria including the
introduction of COVID-19 incentives alongside other changes.
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In December 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari transmitted the
Finance Bill, 2020 to the National Assembly for consideration and passage
into law in support of the 2021 Appropriation Bill. Subsequently,
Nigeria’s teledensity rose by 2.2 per cent from 104.4 per cent to 106.6 per cent in October, increasing the number of telecom subscribers to 203.5m, said the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
However, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) was only able to register paltry 42m Nigerians in 10 years the enrolment exercise started.
173 agents for ID registration – FG
But the federal government said it believed the task would be achieved as it had licensed 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct the enrolment of the National Identity Number (NIN) across Nigeria.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), approved this recently, NIMC said on its website.
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Despite criticisms from many Nigerians of the two-week ultimatum for the registration and linking of National Identity Number (NIN) to mobile numbers, the federal government has insisted on the deadline.
The director-general of the National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), Aliyu Abubakar, in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Friday said there was no extension for the announced deadline.
“Right now, the way it is, there is no extension. We should not be complaining, rather we should see how it can be done,” he said.
“It is until after 10 to 12 days then we will see how far it has gone before we beg the government for anything.”
Here are 173 approved NIN registration centres nationwide
In a bid to ensure proper registration of SIM cards, the Federal Government has approved 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct.
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Thu Dec 17 2020
In a bid to ensure proper registration of SIM cards, the Federal Government has approved 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct the enrolment of all persons into the National Identity Database (NIDB) on behalf of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
NIMC announced the move on its website on Wednesday.