FG orders cancellation of N20 NIN retrieval charge

The federal government (FG) has ordered the cancellation of N20 fee for retrieval of national identity number (NIN) on mobile networks.

It will be recalled that following the directive of the FG that all sims should be liked to the NIN of their users, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) had said that Nigerians subscribed to MTN, Airtel, 9mobile and Glo networks could retrieve their NIN on their phone by dialing *346#.

However, due to the poor economic condition of the country, the N20 fee generated a lot of indignation and criticism from Nigerians.

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Subsequently, the Minister of Communications and Digital economy, Isa Ali Pantami, on Friday gave the directive to cnacel the N20 fee with immediate effect.

According to a statement by Uwa Suleiman, his spokesperson, the executive vice chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Umar Danbatta, and the Director-General of NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, had met with relevant stakeholders to negotiate a waiver with mobile network operators.

“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 read. 

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Pantami thereafter commended the efforts of stakeholders in promoting national interest.

The NCC had asked telecommunications companies to block SIM cards not registered with NIN by December 30.

The government had also licensed 173 centres and 30 state government institution to conduct enrolment of all persons including legal residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB).

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