Nigerians, in a bid to retain connectivity, have crowded NIMC offices to get their NINs and the pressure on the agency’s website resulted in its shutdown last week.
A number of Nigerians have once more gathered on the workplaces of the Nationwide Identification Administration Fee (NIMC) in Lagos and Abuja, to register for their Nationwide Identification Quantity (NIN).
The Federal Authorities, by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economic system, had initially issued a two-week ultimatum to all telecommunications operators within the nation to dam all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) with out Nationwide Identification Quantity.
It later prolonged registration for NIN by as much as six weeks, from December 30, 2020 to February 9, 2021
A press release collectively signed by the Govt Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Fee, Umar Danbatta; and Director-Normal, Nationwide Id Administration Fee, Aliyu Aziz, stated, “Primarily based on the endorsement of the Federal Authorities of Nigeria, the next resolutions have been made: Three (three) weeks extension for subscribers with NIN from thirtieth December 2020 to nineteenth January 2021; and 6 (6) weeks extension for subscribers with out NIN from thirtieth December 2020 to ninth February 2021.”
Nigerians, in a bid to retain connectivity, have crowded NIMC workplaces to get their NINs and the stress on the company’s web site resulted in its shutdown final week.
The event comes at a time when the nation is witnessing a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
A number of individuals who gathered on the places of work did flout COVID-19 protocols put in place to verify the unfold of the coronavirus pandemic.
It was noticed that almost all of them didn’t use their face masks and bodily distancing was not noticed.
Many have appealed to the federal government to create extra registration centres to ease the method and think about extending the deadline additional.
