The Federal Government has extended the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks, bluebloodz.com has learned.
Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, who disclosed this in a message to our correspondent, said the extension was conveyed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
Pantami conveyed the message during the meeting of the Ministerial Taskforce on NIN-SIM registration which held on the 1st of February, 2021.
It said the new deadline is now April 6, 2021.