{"id":99336,"date":"2022-09-17T09:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T08:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99336"},"modified":"2022-09-17T09:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T08:37:54","slug":"i-received-death-threats-over-nin-sim-linkage-policy-says-pantami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/i-received-death-threats-over-nin-sim-linkage-policy-says-pantami\/","title":{"rendered":"I Received Death Threats Over NIN-SIM Linkage Policy, Says Pantami"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1744200307164221377\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, on Friday said that his life was threatened over the execution of the National Identity Number and Subscriber Identity Module linkage in the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister said most of the persons who fought over the policy were now silent, noting that the National Identity Management Commission had made tremendous strides.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Isa Pantami spoke at the fourth annual Identity Day commemoration, which is held every September 16, organised by the NIMC in Abuja, with the theme \u2018Traditional Institution as Critical Stakeholders for Citizens Mobilisation\u2019.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, \u201cWe can only get our digital economy right when we continue to improve and encourage our citizens to enroll in our national database. When we commenced the process, many people turned against me. My life was threatened because of the introduction of the NIN and SIM registration and I resisted, believing that nobody can control my life in this world, only Almighty God.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBy the time I took supervision of the NIMC, the total number of registration centres were not up to 1,000, but today, we have over 50,000. Today, our national data base is on auto drive. We have established over 19 national policies and all of them are being implemented. 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