Over 180 Million SIMs Now Linked To NIN – NCC

The Nigeria Communications Fee (NCC) has revealed that over 180 million SIMs at the moment are linked with their Nationwide Identification Numbers (NIN).

Press Informant reviews that this disclosure was made through an tackle by the Govt Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Fee (NCC) Prof Umar Danbatta on Tuesday, through the Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Devices on the Rule Making Course of on the headquarters of the Fee in Abuja.

In line with Danbatta, this was a results of the registration of over 60 million Nigerians by the Nationwide Identification Administration Fee (NIMC) within the Nationwide Identification Numbers (NIN) database.

 

The NCC chief additional famous that the telecommunications trade peaked with a 41 p.c broadband web penetration with an attendant enhance of 1 million in lively phone subscribers.

Recall that the NCC just lately warned that telecom customers within the nation will need to have their strains linked to their NIN earlier than the October 31 deadline or face sanctions.

 

Nigerians who would not have a NIN would quickly be denied the power to acquire driving licenses and passports.

“Talking through the reside programme, Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, suggested Nigerians to utilize the extension of the NIN-SIM integration train to October 31, 2021, to enroll with NIMC, get their NINs and hyperlink them to their SIMs.

 

On the advantages of the NIN-SIM integration, Adinde mentioned the train will considerably improve nationwide safety as NIN is the first id for Nigerians, stressing that consistent with Federal Authorities’s dedication to make sure that Nigeria deploys expertise to enhance service supply, the NIN-SIM database will improve residents’ entry to authorities providers.”