The headquarters of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Abuja is to be closed down following the directive issued by the Federal Government.
As an alternative, the NIMC will open 20 locations, all in Abuja to help reduce the crowd gathering at the commission’s headquarters to obtain their National Identity Numbers.
In a statement released on Saturday, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said the new centres will make NIN registration easier for applicants.
“20 centres were reactivated within the FCT to make the process of NIN enrolment much easier for applicants effective Monday, January 18, 2021.”
Amidst a global pandemic, the FG had ordered telecommunications companies to block the telephone lines of subscribers who failed to link their Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) with valid NINs.
It had given subscribers with NINs till January 19 to link their NINs with their SIM cards, while subscribers without NINs have until February 9 to do so.
Indications of the second wave of coronavirus infection are becoming more discernible in the country with the recent surge in new cases.
The country currently faces its highest daily death toll and highest daily case numbers, with about 200 fatalities within the past 30 days.
On Thursday, Nigeria’s single-day death toll rose to 23 with 1,479 new cases recorded. As of the time of writing, the country’s total death toll stood at 1,405.
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