{"id":87824,"date":"2021-10-31T06:57:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T05:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87824"},"modified":"2021-10-31T06:57:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T05:57:41","slug":"again-nigeria-extends-nin-sim-verification-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/again-nigeria-extends-nin-sim-verification-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Again, Nigeria Extends NIN-SIM Verification Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1715109327507071749\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">The Federal Government has again extended the deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who announced this, urged Nigerians and legal residents to complete the process before the end of the year 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made in a statement on Saturday jointly signed by the spokespersons for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Ikechukwu Adinde and Kayode Adegoke.<\/p>\n<p>The two organization had in a statement in June announced October 31 as the deadline for the linkage of SIM and NIN. But the government has extended the deadline by additional two months.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said, \u201cThe decision to extend the deadline was made further to appeals by the mobile network operators and other industry stakeholders, soliciting for a further extension to ensure better compliance with government\u2019s directive and to avoid widening the digital divide.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; The extension would also provide the enabling environment for the registration of Nigerians in remote areas, diaspora, schools, hospitals, worship centres, as well as foreigners, diplomatic missions, those in other areas that were hitherto unreachable, and increase enrolments in countries with a significant number of Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement said the review of the progress of the exercise shows that over 66 million unique NINs have been issued \u2013 an indication of progress achieved in the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-667694586618633751ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has again extended the deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification. 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