Nineteen days after the Nigeria Identity Management Commission barreď about 72 million telecommunication subscribers for failing to comply with the Federal Government’s NIN-Subscriber Identity Module policy, the agency issued 80.7 million National Identification Numbers.


The data on the portal of the agency showed that the number of NIN issued to Nigerians stands at 80.7 million as of April 23, 2022.

Following the ban, registration for NIN increased by 4.67 per cent from 77.1 million as of March 21, 2022, to 80.7 million as of April 23, 2022.

According to a breakdown of the data, about 20.56 million NINs have been issued in the North-Western part of the nation; 20.23 million in the South-West; 13.59 million in the North-Central, 9.96 million in the North-East, 9.34 million in the South-South, and 6.87 million in the South-East.

Recall that the agency on the 4th of April barred about 72.77 million active telecommunication subscribers from making calls on their SIMs following the enforcement of the Federal Government’s SIM-NIN policy.

As of the time of implementing the policy, 125 million subscribers had linked their NINs to their SIMs, while 78 million NINs had been issued.

The Chairman, of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria, Gbenga Adebayo, in an interview with Punch claimed that more subscribers had since submitted their NINs for linkage.


According to him, as more subscribers submit their NINs, the number of people with deactivated lines will reduce.

He said, “I don’t have the current statistics, but I can say the numbers are looking up. We have more players, and more people are submitting their NINs every day as they become available.

“Things are looking up, compliance level has improved significantly, and we are hoping that as more people have their NINs captured and submit their NINs to operators, people complaining that their lines are deactivated will naturally ease out. But the numbers are looking up.”

Commenting on the plight of subscribers, the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, stated that subscribers were still struggling to get their NINs, to link them with their SIMs.

He said, “There is still a long way to go. About 72 million subscribers are still struggling with making calls.

“If ALTON says there is an improvement, I want to believe it is on the upload side. The uptake capacity is still slow. The operation is cumbersome, apart from that, it is slow. It is still taking them much time to generate NIN. It still takes about one week to generate a NIN, if you are lucky. Most people who want to get their work done at a relatively fast pace still have to pay. This situation has birthed a racketeering ring.”

Source: https:///NIN-Registration-Hits-80.7-Million-19-Days-After-SIM-Ban

I'm not going to register under this extremist government.

The people that killed Deborah might grow up to be someone like pantami if justice is been denied .

She's Deborah.. what?

Why are people not spelling her full name

Modified:
Aboki should be counting their star since she's from the north.
If not deamalgamation of Nigeria commence infact it's still imminent

Everything na by force

“It is criminal and fraudulent to pre-register a SIM card in Nigeria and it is an offence punishable under the law.

“Though the Federal Government recently lifted the ban on sale of new SIM cards, it should be noted that proper registration of SIM cards and linking them to National Identity Number (NIN) before activation has now become a prerequisite

In the sane countries we want our country to be like, this is one of the ways they got to that great height.
USA couldn't have been a great country today without what they call their social security number, which each and every citizen must have.
If you commit any fraud or crime, or scam anyone, all your life is connected in one place.
Only in Nigeria that a man will commit a crime in Ibadan and run to Sokoto, and that will be the end of the case for years.....prolly forever!

The below is for SANE Nigerians and Nairalanders only,
Bad Energy Stay Far away if you don't wanna be Unfo..........


Your National Identification Number (NIN) is used to tie together all records about you – demographic data, fingerprints, head-to-shoulder facial picture, other biometric data and digital signature – in the National Identity Database making it relatively easy to confirm and verify your identity when you engage in travels and transactions.

This vital feature of the NIN makes it pivotal for all citizens (home and abroad) as well as legal residents of Nigeria to endeavour to obtain their unique NINs as soon as they can.

Be sure you provide the right information about yourself while your data is captured during enrolment for your NIN, that will be the information legally identifying you for life whenever your NIN is used.

One can see how important the NIN is to an individual:

it is used for retrieving your captured information from the National Identity Databaseyour matching information associated with your NIN can be then used to verify that you are really who you say you are.

To the society as a whole, the NINs issued,
help provide accurate records about actual living/dead persons in every region of the countryhelp keep track of actual transactions as well as movement of people within and out of the countryhelp confirm which individuals are in actual need of particular Government services, e.g. age and retirement confirmation for pensioners.

When it comes to access to vital services (like passport issuance, banking services, land transactions, insurance services, pension, health insurance, payment of taxes, voter’s registration, consumer credits, and all Government services), your NIN becomes necessary for:
cutting down the time needed for verifying documents to properly identify you in order to access the services you requirereducing errors in allocation of services to the right peopleprevention of fraud (419) where someone else impersonates youverification of the real identity of other people you go into financial or business transactions with or even people you wish to employ such as house helpensuring you are properly identified when receiving health services, e.g. verifying the actual blood types of blood donors at hospitalsverification of voter eligibility during elections.

Slow and Steady, Nigeria will be great again in our lifetime.
God bless Nigeria.



Read more below........

More on NIN that Sane, good, honest and hardworking Nigerians should know.....

Nigerians home and abroad , kindly take note!

Imagine you walk into an Immigration office to apply for an international passport.
You are asked for information verifying your identity and you just give them a number and instantly the Immigration officials connect to the National Identity Database – all your required information appears on their computer screen.
They can only see information they are authorised to see.
Done, your identity is verified – no need to go get extra documents, spend more money, just to prove who you are.
That is the convenience provided by your NIN.
This is synonymous with Social Security Number (SSN), if you don't have that in some countries abroad, you will just be living like a corpse, without being able to do anything in life, a corpse will even be better than your as$! 
It’s the same thing when you go to process a driver’s licence, you would only need to present your NIN and your identity would be verified.

This is how it is done in saner climes we all want to emulate.
We will surely get there someday soon..

aribisala0:

Saner climes?
Name ONE just one such saner clime where that is happening today?
You folk just mouth off as if you are in a village square

But we have said it over and over again on this forum, that our posts here is only for sane minds.
We know you wailers and kids can never assimilate our posts due to the constant hatred you have for your country (the country you call a zoo).
An advice to you, next time, scroll over our post to the next post cos it is too deep for your brain.
That will be better for you rather than to develop migraine for nothing.
Please kindly take to this advice from the elders for your own good.
Nigeria will be great again whether you and your ilks like it or not.
Peace out!

Funny

They ban sim yet terrorist are still killing innocent people of ZAMFARA and kogi state they are still throwing bomb into soldiers barrack in Taraba. Make una continue to dey deceive yourselves.

Na naija way na.

They are never serious about anything until things get serious.

I mean, really really serious

Many haven't registered still?

Ban voter's card and it would reach 230 million

But why must Nigerians be forced before they do the right thing?

Some people will be running their mouth that they will never register but when they get abroad, they will quickly register to avoid deportation.

FG please use this NIN whatever to trace the killers of Deborah.

Nigerians and african time

So Nigeria has only 80million people using telephone?

Which means number of people wey Dey over 18 fit no pass 100million

Let us Have this in mind as we head to the polls in the coming months

Not after election we will see 200,000,000 votes cast meanwhile only 100,000,000 Nigerians have NIN

The numbers should near each other small because I know not everyone with NIN will vote and not everyone that will vote has NIN but these set of people who have one and lack the other should offset each other there number should not No too far apart

80.7m + including people with NIN.

Elections in Nigeria should be electronic. There's a way to streamline it to 1man 1 vote.

u

If I do NIN make I bend

DuBLINGreenb:
So Nigeria has only 80million people using telephone?

Which means number of people wey Dey over 18 fit no pass 100million

Let us Have this in mind as we head to the polls in the coming months

Not after election we will see 200,000,000 votes cast meanwhile only 100,000,000 Nigerians have NIN

The numbers should near each other small because I know not everyone with NIN will vote and not everyone that will vote has NIN but these set of people who have one and lack the other should offset each other there number should not No too far apart

You know children have NINs?

post=112779488:
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This guy has serious problems, he will quote months old comments and start a phantom argument with himself.

Mods should be blamed for allowing this account and other propaganda accounts to infest the front page of nairaland.

Concerning this NIN nonsense I really want the supporters to tell us what we have gained so far.

Not one single kidnapper or terrorist has been caught, attacks are happening every day, telcos want to increase the cost of their services.

una must hear word

Awon Malu black Isi ewu people.

What actually deterred many Nigerians from registering is the racketeering going on around the registration centres.
Right now, you pay close to 5000 naira to get it done in Delta State

Theunbothered:


This guy has serious problems, he will quote months old comments and start a phantom argument with himself.

Mods should be blamed for allowing this account and other propaganda accounts to infest the front page of nairaland.

U r one of the kids dem MANNA comment always give serious headache in life.
She's ur online nightmare u see in ur sleep every night.
Dem bitter truth is dealing with you terribly, start ur day with hitting ur sef.
Dem MANNA, keep continuing to hit dem on thru heads with una daily truth.
I love am

ILoveDemMANNA:
U r one of the kids dem MANNA comment always give serious headache in life.
She's ur online nightmare u see in ur sleep every night.
Dem bitter truth is dealing with you terribly, start ur day with hitting ur sef.
Dem MANNA, keep continuing to hit dem on thru heads with una daily truth.
I love am

Now the propaganda account had started calling himself a woman and quoting me with his alternate account.
I don't know what level of mental illness or idleness will allow someone to be this jobless.

post=112779488:
More on NIN that Sane, good, honest and hardworking Nigerians should know.....

Nigerians home and abroad , kindly take note!

Imagine you walk into an Immigration office to apply for an international passport.
You are asked for information verifying your identity and you just give them a number and instantly the Immigration officials connect to the National Identity Database – all your required information appears on their computer screen.
They can only see information they are authorised to see.
Done, your identity is verified – no need to go get extra documents, spend more money, just to prove who you are.
That is the convenience provided by your NIN.
This is synonymous with Social Security Number (SSN), if you don't have that in some countries abroad, you will just be living like a corpse, without being able to do anything in life, a corpse will even be better than your as$! 
It’s the same thing when you go to process a driver’s licence, you would only need to present your NIN and your identity would be verified.

This is how it is done in saner climes we all want to emulate.
We will surely get there someday soon..


But we have said it over and over again on this forum, that our posts here is only for sane minds.
We know you wailers and kids can never assimilate our posts due to the constant hatred you have for your country (the country you call a zoo).
An advice to you, next time, scroll over our post to the next post cos it is too deep for your brain.
That will be better for you rather than to develop migraine for nothing.
Please kindly take to this advice from the elders for your own good.
Nigeria will be great again whether you and your ilks like it or not.
Peace out!

Gbam gbam gbamest, true patriot. All those who pray night and day for Nigeria to fail shall surely experience the failure personally!

Theunbothered:

This guy has serious problems, he will quote months old comments and start a phantom argument with himself.

Dis people never even quote u, na u quote, dey start argument with ur sef, but u still turn around to lie.... obvious lie.
Shame on you

vedaxcool:


Gbam gbam gbamest, true patriot. All those who pray night and day for Nigeria to fail shall surely experience the failure personally!

AMEN, so shall it be for them all.
God bless all sane, honest, and hardworking Nigerians.
God bless everyone that pray for the good of Nigeria,
The land shall favor them.
For those ones that call Nigeria a zoo, because they see themselves as animals.
What they wish for Nigeria will go back 1000 folds to them and their households.

Nigeria will be great again in our lifetime.

GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

ILoveDemMANNA:

Dis people never even quote u, na u quote, dey start argument with ur sef, but u still turn around to lie.... obvious lie.
Shame on you

This guy will quote comments from several months ago as if they are new to device the illiterate and semi literate supporters of the regime.

Meanwhile he has not been able to answer the serious questions, what has Nigeria gained from blocking sims because of NIN?

Theunbothered:

This guy will quote comments from several months ago as if they are new to device the illiterate and semi literate supporters of the regime.

You are one of the brainwashed that hates the truth,
As dem MANNA always say here....