Some Nigerians are calling on the federal government to step in and review the process of registering for National Identification Number (NIN).
They called on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure Nigerians do not suffer unduly, and get exposed unnecessarily to the dangers of COVID-19 in the process of trying to register for NIN.
“I’m in support with my fellow Nigerians to call on the Minister to step in and review the NIMC process in place to ensure Nigerians are not meant to suffer unduly”.
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Recall that the FG had on December 15, 2020 declared that all SIM cards that were not registered with valid NIN on the network of telecommunications companies would be blocked after December 30, 2020.
However, following public outcry against the short notice, the FG later extended the deadline, giving 3 weeks’ extension for subscribers with NIN from December 30, 2020, to January 19, 2021, and a 6-week extension for subscribers without NIN from December 30, 2020, to February 9, 2021.
Meanwhile, the FG did not carry out its threat of blocking SIM cards of subscribers with NIN on January 19. The FG unified the deadline, postponing the deadline to February 9 altogether.
However, reacting to the NIN registration process, Nigerians have said the process is a flop, with #NINRegistrationFlops beginning to trend on Twitter as of Sunday with Nigerians calling for a review of the whole process.
Read tweets below:
https://twitter.com/tomiw_a/status/1355835956415389699?s=19
https://twitter.com/iampaulfizzy/status/1355835337856180230?s=19
https://twitter.com/madamkofo_/status/1355834317604270083?s=19
https://twitter.com/Oloyetimmy/status/1355836165568524289?s=19
https://twitter.com/Oloyetimmy/status/1355842924022538240?s=19
https://twitter.com/NotJustSalmanPR/status/1355842219966681090?s=19
https://twitter.com/Mosun_15/status/1355835344827113474?s=19
https://twitter.com/dejiabubakar/status/1355836792973496321?s=19
https://twitter.com/Afrobadootvv/status/1355835003154915329?s=19
https://twitter.com/tomiw_a/status/1355839355370270720?s=19
https://twitter.com/Mosun_15/status/1355843261739499521?s=19