Reps ask FG to extend deadline for NIN registration on SIM cards

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers to 10 weeks.

It was earlier reported that the NCC had threatened that SIM cards not linked to NIN issued by the National Identity Management Commission would be blocked.

However, the House, at the plenary, described the two weeks given to SIM card users by the Nigerian Communications Commission to provide their NIN to service providers as grossly inadequate.

The Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, had moved a motion of urgent public importance to demand more time.

Adopting the motion, the House resolved that the exercise should end on January 28, 2021, as against December 30, 2020.