NIN: new registration deadline sets in

 

There were feelers on Monday that the Federal Government may allow the National Identity Number (NIN) registration to run till June 30.

The planned extension followed the capturing of about 54 million Nigerians by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

The Nation learnt that a presidential committee has recommended the extension following a huge success recorded in the last nine months.

A policy pronouncement on the deadline will be made anytime from now by the NIMC after approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.

It was gathered that the Federal Government has decided to curtail the activities of Boko Haram insurgents, bandits, fraudsters and cybercriminals with the NIN-SIM linkage policy.

The government may also lift the ban on new SIM registration but with new software which may make proxy registration difficult.

A reliable source, who spoke in confidence, said: “I think the government may extend the deadline for NIN registration to June 30 because a Presidential Committee has come up with an advisory on it for the government.