Millions of phone users in Nigeria who are yet to get their national identity number do not need to worry or go to any NIMC centres to queue again.



The fresh update issued by National Identity Management Commission has revealed that network providers like MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9Mobile can now enrol people, capture their data and give them NIN number.

According to what Abdulhamid Umar, the operation manager revealed to BBC News, the commission has given license to 170 other private nd public organisation including Network providers to register people for the National Identity card.

This latest update comes some weeks after Federal Government issued directives to all phone users to link their mobile number with their NIN.

At first, Federal Government gave December 30th as the deadline before extending the date to 19th January for those people that already have NIN and 9th of February for those people who do not have the NIN at all.



As a result of this, Millions of Nigerians are already panicking as many of them have invaded various NIMC registration centres across the country despite the looming secomd wave of COVID-19.

Can NIMC meet the Government Deadline ?

Well since about 9 years that NIMC have been registering people for the natiinal identity card, statistics gathered from National Communication Commission (NCC) has shown that 42 million people have been registered so far.

The figure is even less than 203 million mobile subscribers in Nigeria and the report also revealed that subscribers have increased from 198.9 million in July to 203.16 million in August 2020.

If you do normal basic mathematics, you will observe that there are still many subscribers who have not even enrolled for the NIN and rumours gathered from different reporters who witnessed the NIMC centre in Abuja disclosed that they are not sure if the commission can capture every mobile user in the country.

However, Mr Umar said the commission will do everything possibile to see how many people they can register and blamed some Nigerians for their delay in registering for the NIN.


READ MORE >>> https://www.akinblog.com/good-news-as-nimc-give-license-to-mtn-glo-9mobile-to-begin-nin-registration/

If it's true then it's better

hmmm that's greet

Now I can go register for my nin

Big relief

Why reveal this move to BBC, when you can easily release a press statement to the effect?

I just want tire for these people.

gasparpisciotta:
Why reveal this move to BBC, when you can easily release a press statement to the effect?

I just want tire for these people.

Because they believe most northerners prefer the BBC much more than our local sources. Even the president prefers talking to foreign journalists than our journalists.