As NIN-SIM Integration Ends Today, Over 120 Million Phones Lines May Be Disconnected.
By Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr.
The deadline for NIN-SIM integration ends today. TrendyNews is apprehensive of what follows… More than 120 million mobile subscribers may be disconnected from their network today as the National Identification Number, NIN, and Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, integration ends today.
The Federal Government had in December 2021, extended the deadline for the NIN-SIM data verification to March 31 this year.
All Nigerians and legal residents were urged to complete the enrollment, verification and NIN-SIM integration on or before the new date. Meanwhile, it was not clear if the commission would disconnect defaulters as the deadline ends today.
However, Director of Public Affairs of NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde when contacted said that the commission would make its position known today.
He said: “We will issue a statement on it today.”
As of February 2022, Nigeria has over 198,000,000 active telephone subscribers. But report from the NCC states that as at December 30,2021, the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, had issued over 71 million NINs with over 14,000 enrolment centres set up across the country.
