The sudden need to get one's NIN (National Identification Number) linked to personal and business phone numbers has been a source of concern to me. During registration of any Sim ,one is required to provide finger prints and a must do face capture to make the registration complete and sometimes your email is also connected to the Sim card.

What then is the federal government goal in making it a must to include an identification number?

For most of us that have the identification number, if you can recall during the registration we provided sensitive details like our home addresses, BVN numbers, down to both immediate parents state of origin and local governments.

The government are yet to give any concrete reason on why the need to link such sensitive information to phone numbers.

If you recall during the endsars protest some people alleged to have received strange calls from private numbers threatening and asking them to stop leading the protests.

I can't help but worry about the motive of the federal government behind this move.

I sincerely hope it won't be used against us in the general election in 2023, or in any national crises.

Pls I really need your thought on this. Or am I over worrying?