31 May Lagos, Kano lead 82.73m NIN enrolment
Thirty-four days after the Federal Government ordered telecom operators to bar Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) not linked with owners’ National Identity Numbers (NINs) from originating calls, the total number of enrolment into the National Identity Data Base (NIDB) of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has reached over 82.73 million.
After several shifts in the deadline for subscribers to link their SIMs with their NINs, the Federal Government, had on April 4, directed operators, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), to bar over 72 million SIMs affected from making calls.
According to data obtained from the Enrolment Dashboard May 2022 on NIMC website, as at May 26, 2022, enrolment stood at over 82.73 million ‘unique records’ with Lagos State accounting for the highest cumulative enrolment figure of over 9.48 million.
The breakdown of the data, according to gender, showed that while males recorded 46,564,578 enrolments, female enrolments stood at 36,173,574.
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