The National Task Force on the NIN and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) registration made the announcement on Tuesday, in Abuja, in a statement jointly signed by Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and Engr Aliyu Aziz, Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
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This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
The organization also urged him “to instruct Mr Pantami and Mr Abubakar to take concrete measures to promptly ensure that the NIMC is able to faithfully and effectively discharge its statutory functions to harmonize and integrate existing identification databases in government agencies into the National Identity Database, and to use the information to update SIM card registration.”
The Minister disclosed this information via his social media handles.
The House, at the plenary on Wednesday, described the two weeks given to SIM card users by the Nigerian Communications Commission to provide their NIN to service providers as grossly inadequate.
Oyeyemi revealed this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Friday.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says the date for the sales of its registration documents for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination still stands, despite the suspension of the NIN.
The National Parents/Teachers Association of Nigeria has lauded the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for suspending the use of the National Identification Number for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this to newsmen during a press conference at the board’s Headquarters in Abuja.
Hadiza Dagabana, General Manager, Legal Service, National Identity Management Commission, says every Nigerian is eligible for the issuance of the National Identity Number free of charge irrespective of the age.
The National Identity Management Commission says the renewal of National Identity Card will cost N5,000, payable through Remita.
The National Identity Management Commission, Jigawa office, says it is targeting about 1 million post-basic and basic students for enrollment into the National Identity Database for their National Identity Number.
Aliyu Aziz, the Director-General of the commission, disclosed this at an interactive session with newsmen on Thursday, ahead of National Identity Day celebration in the country, slated for September 16.
The update came through the Deputy General Manager of NIMC, Uche Chigbo, almost three months after the exercise was launched in the US in late May.
The National Identity Management Commission has extended its enrolment programme to Republic of India in continuation of enrolment of Nigerians in Disapora.
The National Identity Management Commission has so far harmonised 11 million out of 35 million records in the Bank Verification Number database with the National Identity Database.
Nigerians based in the United States are to pay between 40 and 50 dollars each to be enrolled for the National Identity Number according to an official.
The National Identity Management Commission in partnership with one of its licensees, National eAuthentication Limited, on Friday commenced the issuance of National Identification Numbers to Nigerians living in the United Kingdom.
The National Identity Management Commission has extended its enrolment programme to the United Arab Emirate and the United Kingdom following the success recorded in the launch of the programme in South Africa earlier in March.
The Federal Government says there is no going back on the April 29 date for the integration of the National Identity Number with the new passport.