Minister of Communicatons and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has ordered all telcos to cancel a ₦20 fee charged for retrieval of the National Identification Number (NIN) with immediate effect.
The Minister gave the order in a statement issued on Friday.
“The Minister’s directive which takes immediate effect is an intervention aimed at making the process easier and affordable.
“In a letter conveying the implementation of the directive, the Executive Vice Chairman NCC and the Director-General of NIMC informed Dr Pantami that the relevant authorities had met with, and negotiated a waiver with the Mobile Network Operators in that regard.
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“By this waiver, all Nigerians, subscribers and applicants can access the service using the *346# code for their NIN retrieval at no charge for the duration of the NIN/SIM Card integration exercise,” the statement said.
Eko Hot Blog had reported a few days ago that the federal government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had instructed telcos to suspend sim registration and mandate all their subscribers to provide valid NIN to update their records.
In reaction, the House of Representatives called on the NCC to extend the December 31st deadline issued to sim card owners, citing the difficulties experienced by Nigerians whille trying to enrol for the NIN.
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