By Williams Anuku, Abuja
In a bid to ensure telecoms subscribers are not deactivated, the ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended to April 6- eight weeks.
The Federal Government made the announcement on Tuesday morning.
It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021.
Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, who disclosed this in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent, said the extension was conveyed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
Pantami conveyed the message during the meeting of the Ministerial Taskforce on NIN-SIM registration which held on the 1st of February, 2021.