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The original deadline for NIN-SIM registration in Nigeria was the end of 2020. It’s been moved three times since then. The new deadline – the fourth in total – is 6 May.
This means Nigerians are still required to link their National Identification Numbers (NINs) to their SIM cards but need to complete the process a month later than previously stated by the Nigerian federal government.
The exercise was first announced in mid-December 2020 to a predictably chaotic response that saw Nigerians turning out in vast numbers at National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) offices amid little or no social distancing despite the threat of Covid-19.
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The Federal Government has extended the National Identity Number, NIN-Sim linkage by one month. The Government also revealed that National Identity Number
Akinola Ajibola
Updated April 2, 2021
A crowd gathers at the NIMC office in the Alausa area of Lagos State on January 8, 2021.
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the people to link their National Identification Numbers (NINs) to their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) by one month.
This was announced on Friday in a statement jointly signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head of Corporate Communications at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr Kayode Adegoke.
An approval to extend the period of the NIN-SIM linkage to May 6 was given at the meeting of the Ministerial Task Force on NIN-SIM data linkage held on Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.