FG Announces New Deadline For NIN Registration

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for Nigerians to register and link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their SIM cards before February 9, 2021.

This information was posted on the official Twitter handle of the NIMC.

The NIMC had initially given a January 19 deadline for those with NIN and February 9 for those without NIN.

The tweet reads: “All Nigerians and legal residents are advised to enrol for their national identification number (NIN) and link them before February 9th, 2021. Enrol for your national identification NUMBER (NIN) today!!! Please remember, NIN enrolment is FREE.”

A total of 47.8 million NINs have been received by the mobile operators, at an average of three to four SIMs per subscriber.

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