NIMC May Suspend NIN-SIM Card Integration
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) may suspend the National Identification Number (NIN) registration and the whole integration with SIM card due to covid-19 related concerns: "The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment may be suspended considering the large crowds seeking registration in centres across Nigeria and the risk of COVID-19, the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said."
.."it is displeasing to see crowds gather at the National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC) offices.”
“Nobody feels good. I don’t feel good looking at the picture where people are gathered in multitudes. It’s like super spreader events which we don’t like. I’m also aware that the relevant ministry which is the communications and digital economy is looking at this.
“My understanding is that the whole process may be suspended so as to reorder the whole process in terms of management of the crowd because it was never intended that it would become a rowdy process like that. So, people may have to wait and be called at intervals to go through the process,” he said.