{"id":52242,"date":"2021-06-29T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=52242"},"modified":"2021-06-29T08:00:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T07:00:37","slug":"fg-extends-nin-sim-verification-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/29\/fg-extends-nin-sim-verification-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"FG extends NIN-SIM verification deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Director, Public Affairs Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this in a joint statement on Monday titled \u2018FG approves July 26 as NIN-SIM verification deadline as enrolment systems increase to 5,410 .\u2019<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the decision to further extend the deadline was made based on a request by stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cThe Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to the 26th of July, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision to extend the deadline was made after a request by stakeholders on the need to consolidate the enrolment and NIN-SIM verification process following the rapid increase in the number of enrolment systems across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs at June 28, 2021, a total of 5,410 enrolment systems are now available across the country and this would significantly ease the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/28\/nin-nimc-registers-57-3m-nigerians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIN<\/a> enrolment process and subsequent linkage of NIN to SIM. It is worthy of note that there were only about 800 such enrolment systems as at December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Government has approved the extension as part of its efforts to make it easier for its citizens and residents to obtain the NIN and it is important to take advantage of the extension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are now a total of 57.3 million unique NIN enrolments, with average of 3 to 4 SIMs per NIN. 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