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Nigeria extends deadline for NIN-SIM verification until 26 July

Thursday 1 July 2021 | 11:32 CET | News
The deadline for NIN-SIM data verification has been extended until 26 July. The Nigerian Communications Commission and National Identity Management Commission said that by 28 June, there were 5,410 enrolment systems available across the country to ease NIN enrolment and subsequent linkage to SIMs. The extension follows a request by stakeholders over the need to consolidate enrolment and NIN-SIM verification after a rapid increase in the number of enrolment systems.

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