The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, have announced a collaboration to enhance the National Identification Number-SIM linkage processes.
In a joint statement yesterday, signed by the Technical Adviser, Media, and Communications to the DG & CEO of NIMC, Mr. Ayodele Babalola, and the Director of Public Affairs at the NCC, Mr. Reuben Muoka, both agencies focus on the following key areas: streamlining the NIN-SIM linkage process; capacity building and public awareness; data verification and validation; policy harmonisation, and the regulatory framework.
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The NCC had barred an estimated 40 million telephone lines not linked to NIN following the expiration of the February 28, 2024, deadline.
In a December 2023 notice, the regulator had asked telcos to bar SIMs that had not been linked to their owners’ NINs by February 28, 2024.
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