Federal government has extended the ongoing linkage of Sim cards with the National Identity Number by more eight weeks
The new deadline has been extended from February 9 to April 6
Communication and Digital Economy minister, Doctor Isa Pantami announced the fresh deadline at a meeting of ministerial task force on NIN/Sim registration in Abuja
Spokesman of Nigerian Communication Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, says the fresh deadline, according to the minister is to give Nigerians and legal residents more time
Telecommunication network providers, according to him, had so far collected 56.1 million NIN from subscribers, representing a significant increase over 47.8 million last January 18 Adinde adds that over one thousand registration centres for NIN had been activated by the commission
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