The Federal Government has announced its decision to extend the deadline for registration of the National Identity Number, NIN.

The extension of the registration is by 8 weeks.

This information was contained in a statement issues and signed ​​​by Mr. Kayode Adegoke​​, Head, Corporate, ​Nigeria Identity Management Commission, NIMC.

Part of the statements read this :“The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021,”

The extension of the registration process is a timely and welcomed decision.