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Nigerians on Monday shunned threats posed by the second wave of the deadly Coronavirus in their bid to register and obtain the National Identity Number.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) obtained visual footages in Abuja and Lagos State of mammoth crowds gathered at the respective offices of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC.
This development is coming few days after the directives by the Nigerian Communication Commission ordering telecommunications companies to suspend phone subscribers who have no NIN within two weeks.
Currently, only about 41.5 million Nigerians out of an estimated 198 million active phone subscribers have NIN.
Watch a video of the situation in Abuja:
Photos from Lagos:
The photographs of persons seen at the NIMC Alausa office and Abuja were flouting the covid-19 protocol put in place by the government in a bid to tackle the spread of COVID-19 which has been on the increase – most of those seeking to register their NIN had no mask on.
Recall that the Lagos State Government had shutdown clubs and event centres over the weekend for what it termed “flouting” covid-19 guidelines.
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who has also been infected with COVID-19, ordered the closure of places of worship, schools, clubs and other places that could attract large crowds.