Isa Pantami and attended by the following officials: Chairman of NCC, Prof Adeolu Akande. Umar Garba Danbatta and the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Azeez. The minister said the postponement of the deadline was also based on the request by stakeholders for an extension until June 30 in order to make it easier for all citizens and legal residents to register. “Significant progress has been made in the NIN-SIM verification process. ”For example, almost 54 Million people have obtained their NIN and this can translate to up to 190 Million mobile numbers, since empirical evidence suggests that each unique NIN maps to three to four phone lines,” Pantami said.