NIMC: Nigerians who've not registered and received their NIN to stand the consequences
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| By order of the Federal Government, nowadays is given because the remaining threat to sign up your NIMC or face the wrath of what comes next |
The National Identity Management Commission says Nigerians who've now no longer registered and received their National Identity Numbers need to be geared up to stand the consequences.
NIMC said this in a tweet on Tuesday.
“By order of the Federal Government, nowadays is given because the remaining threat to sign up your NIMC or face the wrath of what comes next,” NIMC tweeted.
On December 15, 2020, the Federal Government declared that once December 30, 2020, all SIMs that had been now no longer registered with legitimate NINs at the community of telecommunications organizations might be blocked.
It later prolonged the December 30, 2020 closing date following massive competition in opposition to the sooner declaration and gave 3 weeks’ extension for subscribers with NIN from December 30, 2020, to January 19, 2021.
It additionally gave six weeks’ extension for subscribers with out NIN from December 30, 2020, to February 9, 2021, however many businesses have referred to as for a in addition cut-off date extension or outright suspension of the NIN registration method because of the big crowds who had but to have their NINs.
Although the NIMC refused to talk on the problem after numerous calls and messages have been despatched to senior officers of the fee at the subject, operators within the telecommunications zone informed The PUNCH on Monday that approximately forty three million NINs were submitted to the business enterprise for verification.
About forty three million National Identity Numbers were submitted through telecommunication agencies to the National Identity Management Commission for verification if you want to have them registered with their respective Subscriber Identification Modules.
The Nigeria Immigration Service had in 2019 made NIN a prerequisite for acquiring passports at the same time as recently, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and the National Examinations Council made it obligatory for proceeding candidates.
This has brought about numerous men and women to collect at NIMC enrolment centres in push aside of COVID-19 protocols.