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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy is collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure citizens with Bank Verification Number (BVN) are automatically provided with the National Identification Number (NIN).
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Monday when he led a delegation of chief executive officers on a visit to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and a private enrolling center in Abuja.
Pantami said after making a presentation to National Economic Sustainability Committee, his attention and that 0f the CBN Governor were drawn to the need to replace BVN with NIN.
LAGOS – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Pantami has hinted that arrangements are ongoing to replace the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with the National Identity Numbers (NIN) by the Federal Government.
Disclosing this to newsmen shortly after a tour of telecoms operators and NIN licensees recently, Pantami said President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed on the on-going NIN registrations.
Pantami who said the President was happy with the conducts of the exercise so far, added he had also briefed the National Economic Sustainability Committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the imperative of replacing BVN with NIN.
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Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz Abubakar (left); Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami; Special Assistant to the Minister, Ibrahim Nguru and Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, during a visit to MTN NIN enrolment centre in Abuja…yesterday
The Federal Ministry of Communications and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) are working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure that all Nigerians who have Bank Verification Number (BVN) are given the National Identification Number (NIN).
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who disclosed this when he visited different National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) enrolment centres in Abuja yesterday, observed that NIN was the only mandatory number and the primary identification of Nigerians over as every other identification.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said on Monday that a proposal for replacing the BVN with the national identification number (NIN) was forwarded to the National Economic Sustainability Committee.