The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued a new instruction to Nigerians who are yet to register and get their National Identification Number (NIN).
The new guideline is contained in a tweet the NIMC posted on Sunday.
The Federal government had ordered telecommunications operators, including MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9Mobile and others to block all SIM cards not linked with NIN by 30th December 2020.
Following the directive, mobile phone subscribers have besieged NIN registration centers in their numbers, even when the centers are overwhelmed and not able to attend to applicants, and even when some centers listed by the NIMC are not open, while some newly approved ones are yet to begin operation.
The new directive from the NIMC is for subscribers who are yet to the register and get their NIN to download the enrolment form for the NIN from the NIMC website (https://www.nimc.gov.ng)
According to the commission, those who are yet to register and get their NIN can download and then fill and submit the form at any of the NIMC’s enrollment centers, instead of going to the centers to queue without end.
NIMC tweeted that applicants can download, fill and submit the form to be enrolled into the national identity database and be issued the NIN as well.