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Telecommunications companies have been licensed to people who do not have National Identity Numbers so as to reduce the large crowds at the offices of the National Identity Management Commission , the NIMC has said .
Director - General, NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, said some other private and public organisations had also been licensed by the commission to provide NINs in order to address the crowds at commission’ s offices .
This came as workers of the commission told our correspondent on Tuesday that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy , Isa Pantami , had constituted a committee to address the demands of NIMC employees.

NIMC workers had downed tools on January 7, 2021 in protest against the poor welfare issues at the commission, but their strike was suspended after the intervention of the minister.
Responding to an enquiry as regards measures taken by NIMC with respect to complains by citizens and the crowds at the commission’ s offices, Aziz said mobile network operators had been empowered to also give the identity numbers .

“ We have licensed private and public sector organisations including telcos ( telecommunications companies) so as to create more centres, ” he stated in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent.

On December 15, 2020, the Federal Government declared that after December 30, 2020 , all SIMs that were not ed with valid NINs on the network of telecommunications companies would be blocked .

It later extended the December 30, 2020 deadline following widespread opposition against the earlier announcement and gave three weeks’ extension for subscribers with NIN from December 30, 2020 to January 19, 2021 .

It also gave six weeks’ extension for subscribers without NIN from December 30 , 2020 to February 9, 2021, but many organisations had called for further deadline extension or outright suspension of the NIN registration process due to the large crowds who had yet to have their NINs .

On the meeting between NIMC workers and the communication minister, the President, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, NIMC Unit, Asekokhai Lucky, said some resolutions were reached.

He said the minister told the union that some of the demands being presented by the workers were new to him, as he only took over the supervisory role of NIMC in October 2020.

“So what he (Pantami) did was to set up a seven-man committee to work on the issues and submit a report to him in two weeks’ time,” Lucky stated.

Lucky said the 21-day ultimatum earlier issued the management of NIMC was still in force, although there had been calls for the union to step down the ultimatum.

https://punchng.com/weve-licensed-telcos-to-provide-nin-says-nimc/

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lala make i paste my acc here nii

Education creates an illusion of wealth

Na now una dey think...

Good thing they came up with the idea though, cos no amount of threat would make me step into any NIN center during a pandemic.

If not for that strike these people wouldn't have come up with this option, awon ode

Telecommunications companies have been licensed to people who do not have National Identity Numbers so as to reduce the large crowds at the offices of the National Identity Management Commission , the NIMC has said .

This is a good step to start with.
But We still need longer extension for the February 9th deadline.
This should take atleast 180 days for all Nigerians to be able to and get their NIN.
But overall, with this NIN, we are on the pathway to a great nation.
This is one of the first thing that made developed nation what they are right now.
Slow and steady we will get there.
God bless Nigeria.



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Hope the s can see what we are saying now?
This kid just woke up from his mat at home for early morning provocation even without us knowing if he exists prior now!
And any little subtle reply, phiaaam, our posts will be hidden!
First borns @home dey try sha!
Na dem heads dem dey put everything.
It is well ooo

una good morning o


may your day be filled with love and happiness

Finally una don get sense.

Good, but how easy will that be? Do we have to visit there office?

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That's good move by the,but hope payment is not involved,if not corruption will surely be introduced.

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Good one

Banks should be included as they have branches that could attend to tens of customers daily.

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Better at least majority of nigerians will try to enroll no more excuses

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That's common sense nah

nice one, hope they will include banks

This government always act before it thinks. This is the type of machinery and services that ought to be put in place initially. However, the move will decongest the crowd at NIMC offices.

Ok

Licensed? To make profit or what?
I know money is involved in anything about Nigeria.

Will NIN stop government officials from stealing

Stupid country, so they can do this why stress the people up and down??

How does this one work?
The way I understand this thing is that NIN is meant to be a number unique to each profile or citizen in the NIMC identity database for citizens
If the telcos must sit in their offices and capture people's detail. then there should be a way of them avoiding giving out one NIN multiple times. It is either NIMC gives them access to a central server or allocated them some NINs to tie to people's profile.

Ok

Wetin dem supposed to Don do since

Act first, think sensibly later.

Them for no use their kapha na, make dem disembark with carless doings, after suffering people and making them loss productive time,a boy e no go good ooo

Good development

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Amen

NIMC are bunch of IJIOTS.

Since 2010 I have been carrying PAPER National Identity Card, I did not complain, now you want to impose others to get NIMCin 30days, WHO IS FOOLING WHO?