Sanchez01:

Its a tricky question. I believe the NIN synchronisation will force the hands of telcos into either pushing the period of recycling backward, say two years or might be totally abolished.

Even before now, there have been instances where an old customer's details still show up on new customer details on specific telco work tools.

The NIN synchronisation does not in any way favour telcos because a sizeable amount of their gross comes from SIM sales. The idea of recycling in the first place is to leave no stone unturned. But with the new move, it [b]would mean your number becomes your identity, [/b]and as such, can't be handled carelessly.

leisuretym:
I went to buy airtime from vtu vendor and the vendor called out my name , just because I parked buy the road to get VTU , his gadget displayed my information

EdmundChidera:
The fact that Nigeria government is so reckless in managing the affairs of this country and not giving the population time to do the needful. This is a welcome development whereby someone's identity can be traceable. Whites can easily track their citizens through means like this so why can't Nigerians be happy about the development since we don't even know our population.

molybdenum0012:
Of course it should stop them. Law will be made banning recycling of phone numbers. Even if you have lost your sim card for 5 years, you will still be able to retrieve it since your details is still there. Only that a heavy fine may be charged.


This is one of the reasons Nigerians are banned from entering the US. If this is achieved, it will improve our security and citizens identification.

JB4life:
My own question is this:

With this directive to link all SIMs to NIN,can somebody still have more than one SIM, please?

Sanchez01:

Its a tricky question. I believe the NIN synchronisation will force the hands of telcos into either pushing the period of recycling backward, say two years or might be totally abolished.

Even before now, there have been instances where an old customer's details still show up on new customer details on specific telco work tools.

The NIN synchronisation does not in any way favour telcos because a sizeable amount of their gross comes from SIM sales. The idea of recycling in the first place is to leave no stone unturned. But with the new move, it [b]would mean your number becomes your identity, [/b]and as such, can't be handled carelessly.

fnep2smooth:
No... I don't think so but this NIN registration is a waste of time looking at the present situation in the country.
Many people don't have NIN, some are secondary school students, some are local village people who must times find it difficult to retrieve their lost sim due to long queue so they result to buying a fresh sim, some people don't even know what NIN is all about.

How can you give a country with more than 100 million active internet users just two weeks when you know that one quarter of the country don't have NIN.

Even the timing is wrong... Giving from 15th to 30th of December is wickedness, in this festive season you want people to start queueing on the line in ever network center across the country.


Currently I'm not sure if the registration for NIN is still on, so how will people who haven't register get registered before 30 December.


These people needs to stop frustrating us... We are not animals. They can move it to next year when the covid-19 cases and businesses are normalized.



Update
Giving only 200 centers for NIN registration is useless, why not extend it to local government so that people can come out and register.
And what about BVN, Voters Card is that not enough for registration.

If they can use voters card for election why not use it for this registration also, that's accessible to the people because many people have it.




I build any kind of website
Pay when the job is completed

drake49:
Since 2014 i still haven't gotten my national ID card... Mumu country

falcon01:
I wouldn't like that, because I respect my privacy

Mokason288:

They their nah you ,will be perplexed

Awoo88:

Your number linked to your bvn is already you identity. That number has you biometric. That number is linked already to your NIN, driver's license, passport, voter's card. If you do a print out of your BVN page, you will see this info. The ministry is trying to create a semblance of being smart why she is grossly dumb. You can retrieve your bank account number with your phone number, license number, etc.

JB4life:
My own question is this:

With this directive to link all SIMs to NIN,can somebody still have more than one SIM, please?

oladimeji2me:
Does that mean foreigners won't be able to use our sim card and driver's license as a result of this new policy?

Globad:


You don't need the card. You only need the number. Do you have the number?

centilad:
Read requirement for change of phone numbers in case it's lost /stolen

molybdenum0012:
Of course it should stop them. Law will be made banning recycling of phone numbers. Even if you have lost your sim card for 5 years, you will still be able to retrieve it since your details is still there. Only that a heavy fine may be charged.


This is one of the reasons Nigerians are banned from entering the US. If this is achieved, it will improve our security and citizens identification.

hopyroll:

If it is the same number on the nimc slip, i have it.
How do i link it

oladimeji2me:
Does that mean foreigners won't be able to use our sim card and driver's license as a result of this new policy?

Banter1:
People are only against the timing. So stop Nigerians are not happy about it

seunayantokun:


You have made a valid point. Let me add that our ever-competing telcos recycle numbers to avoid being accused of any form inactivity. If you get on the NCC's website, you'll discover they publish from time to time reports from their monitoring of the networks. So, you see the numbers of active and inactive subscribers on each. No telco wants to be seen as going about with an empty pride in case of a very high percentage of inactive subscription. Also, it is a waste of resources. Plus there may be some sort of regulatory measure against them from NCC.

So, to tackle this challenge, NCC and the telcos have to calm down and think outside the box, if needed. Because the best option is to ensure nobody is allowed to change their phone number: they may have two or three but not more. No number should be recycled without a certificate of death or sufficient acceptable proofs of permanent emigration.

Then NIMC should have and manage a central data pool containing all information on every resident in Nigeria, citizen or foreigner. The information will be coming from CBN and other banks, NIS, NCC and telcos, FRSC, NPC, INEC, and the rest of them that have kept collecting same data from us. So, your number (s) remains yours till death.

The implications and benefits are innumerable including proper registration from birth to death, prevention and easy tackling of crimes and fraudulent practices in all facets of living and governance. Then Nigeria will be ready for paradise experience.

It is not a rocket science; it is doable. But will our criminally minded political leaders do it?

DeOTR:

Your politicians are less or not concerned about anything you stated above.

JB4life:
My own question is this:

With this directive to link all SIMs to NIN,can somebody still have more than one SIM, please?

BluntNigerian:
With time, the NIN Synchronisation will be fully completed for all the phone numbers in existence, meaning that every phone number in existence belongs to a known human being, and information about the owner of the phone number can be easily retrieved from the NIN Database, would the Network Providers still continue to be doing Number Recycling?
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I need expert responses please.