April 06, (THEWILL) – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says it has over 15,000 centres in the country, where Nigerians and others can enrol for the National Identification Number (NIN).
The commission added that there are over 150 centres in 40 countries in the Diaspora for NIN enrollment.
The commission, in a statement issued on Wednesday, wrote: “Dear Nigerians/Legal Residents, please be informed that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has over fifteen thousand (15,000) NIN enrolment centres across the 36 States and the FCT.
“There are over 150 centres in 40 countries in the Diaspora. Kindly click on the link to check the NIN enrollment centre closer to you.
“You can access the list of NIN enrollment centres via NIMC website: https://nimc.gov.ng/”
The statement followed directive by the Federal Government, instructing telcos to restrict unlinked SIMs from making calls.
Unlinked lines are subscriber identity module (SIM) cards not yet linked with NIN.
Data from the Nigerian Communications Communications (NCC), indicated that there were 197.77 million active telecom subscribers as of February 2022.
A breakdown of this figure showed that MTN has the highest number with 74.93 million subscribers, followed by Airtel with 55 million, Globacom with 54.99 million and 9mobile with 12.84 million subscribers.
The NCC said 125 million subscribers had submitted their NINs for verification, leaving about 72.77 million subscribers on the receiving end of the federal government’s new directive.
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