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• NATCOMS wants exercise stopped if 85% target is met • Telcos have sent current data to NCC, says ALTON • Backend challenges remain, slow NIMC efficiency By Adeyemi Adepetun About 134.4 million Nigerians are currently without the National Identification Number (NIN) as the NIN-SIM linkage deadline ends tomorrow, The Guardian can report. As at…
Telecoms subscribers have warned against implementation of digital tokens feature on the NIN without proper consultation.
•NIMC working on challenges, issues NIN to 64.4m people •Telcos seek SLA agreement, set to activate 80,000 registration devices •Stakeholders worry about deadline, status of subscribers in trouble-prone areas The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has revealed that at least 140 million Nigerians are yet to enroll for the National Identity Number (NIN) in the…
Punch Newspapers Sections Published 3:57 am Subscriber groups have threatened to take legal action as soon as the new Unstructured Supplementary Service Data service charge of N6.98 takes effect. The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission had announced that USSD services for financial transactions would be charged at a flat rate fee of N6.98 per transaction. This followed threats by the Mobile Network Operators to withdraw the USSD services from the banks due to an outstanding debt of over N42bn. The President, National Association of Telecoms Subscribers of Nigeri...
Stakeholders demand six-month NIN-SIM linkage deadline extension Temiloluwa O’Peters Stakeholders in the telecom space have called for further extension of the National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise by six months. They noted that the eight weeks extension given by government on Tuesday would not be enough going by the number of Nigerians yet to be registered, as well as other challenges with the NIN enrolment. Reacting to the extension, the National Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet, Olusola Teniola, stated that the April 6 deadline w...