FG Postpones NIN Deadline To January 19, February 9, Respectively.
Federal Government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number [NIN], by telecommunication subscribers to 19th January and 9th February, 2021, respectively.
It was revealed in a statement titled; ”Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees”, and was signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta; and Director-General, National Identity Management Commission, Aliyu Aziz.
The statement partly read; ”The National Task Force on National Identification Number and SIM Registration met today, 21st December, 2020.
”The meeting was chaired by the Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami Ali, with major stakeholders in the sector including Chairman – NCC, EVC-NCC, DG-NITDA, DG-NIMC, ECTS/ECSM-NCC, Chairman ALTON, CEOs of MTN, Airtel, Ntel, GLO, Smile and 9mobile in attendance.
”Based on the endorsement of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the following resolutions were made;
”Three weeks extension for subscribers with NIN from 30th December, 2020 to 19th January, 2021; and,
”Six weeks extension for subscribers without NIN from 30th December, 2020, to 9th February, 2021”.
