Network Subscribers To Provide National Identification Number For SIM Registration

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The Nigeria government has ordered all telecommunication service providers ensure all subscribers provide their National Identification Numbers (NIN).

Subscribers who fail to do so within two weeks are to be blocked from using their SIM cards.

The resolution was reached at a meeting between the minister of communication and digital economy and stakeholders in the communication industry on Monday.

The results of the meeting were disclosed by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) in a statement on Tuesday.

The statement reiterated that Operators are to require their subscribers to provide valid National Identification Number (NIN) to update SIM registration records.

The submission of NIN by subscribers is to take place within two weeks (from today December 16, 2020 and end by 30 December, 2020).

After the deadline, ALL SIMs without NINs are to be blocked from the networks.

According to the statement,
Ministerial Task Force comprising the Minister and all the CEOs of the Network Providers (among others) as members is to monitor compliance by all networks as violations of this directive will be met by stiff sanctions, including the possibility of withdrawal of operating license.

To this effect, the general public is hereby urged to ensure that their NINs are captured in their SIM registration data. The Ministry also apologized to Nigerians for all inconveniences which might be occasioned by this directive.

At the end of the meeting, the need to consolidate the achievements of last year’s SIM registration audit and improve the performance and sanity of the sector was discussed and all stakeholders agreed that urgent drastic measures have now become inevitable to improve the integrity and transparency of the SIM registration process, the NCC said.

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