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Confusion, chaos as Pantami forces Nigerians to link NIN, Sim cards amid pandemic

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Published 24 December 2020
IFE OGUNFUWA examines the impact of a government regulation that aims to harmonise digital identity with mobile network subscribers’ registration records for over 200 million Nigerians in 10 weeks
It is less than 10 days to the end of the year and Nigerians, who are supposed to be in a festive mood to celebrate their survival despite the challenging year, are in a race to beat the deadline set for SIM records update by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami.
With the threat to cut off any Nigerian, who has not done the National Identification Number integration with SIM registration on everyone’s mind, millions of Nigerians without the digital identity have bombarded the National Identity Management Commission registration centres across the country. ....

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The NCC Directives on SIM Registration and Synchronisation with NIN

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Emma Okonji writes that the recent directives by the federal government compelling telecoms operators to suspend the sale and activation of new SIM cards and to within a two-week period, link all registered SIM cards to National Identification Number, is an onerous task as subscribes kick against the directives
Nigerian telecoms subscribers with over 207 million active registered lines, last week, were taken by surprise when the federal government issued two directives, compelling telecoms operators to immediately suspend the registration and activation of new SIM cards, until the completion of the audit of the Subscriber Registration Database, while the other directive compelled telecoms subscribers to submit their NIN to their telecoms service providers within two weeks, from December 16 to 30 to enable service providers synchronise all registered SIM cards to NINs. ....

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Nigeria: House Urges Extension of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline

Nigeria: House Urges Extension of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline
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'NCC's SIM deactivation deadline will create confusion'

'NCC's SIM deactivation deadline will create confusion'
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House Urges Extension of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline

•Subscribers kick against two-week ultimatum for Synchronisation
Emma Okonji, Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos, Sylvester Idowu in Warri and Udora Orizu in Abuja
The House of Representatives yesterday urged the federal government to extend the deadline for the synchronisation of subscribers’ SIM card registration with their National Identification Number (NIN) by telecommunication service providers to 10 weeks.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, had on Tuesday, issued a directive that makes it compulsory for all SIM cards to be linked to National Identity Number (NIN), giving a two-week deadline for compliance.
But the House at the plenary said that NCC should give a reasonable amount of time to enable Nigerians to comply with the instruction. ....

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