Bilesanmi Sends 2022 New Year Message To Nigerians, Reveals How ATCIS Efforts Made FG To Extend NIN-SIM Linkage Till 31st March

National President of the Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATCIS), Prince Sina Bilesanmi has revealed how the passionate pleas made by members of association to  the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) led to the extension of the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of March, 2022.

The deadline earlier announced by the Federal Government was Friday,  December 31, 2021.

In his New Year message to Nigerians, which was made available to journalists in Lagos, the ATCIS National President, who tagged the extension as ‘last minute miracle achievement for year 2021, said the major reason for asking for the extension during the two-day meeting with the Minister was a result of  record which shows that with almost 191 million subscribers, only less than 70 million subscribers have linked their NIN- SIM.

Bilesanmi noted;  “Our association demanded for more days simply because with almost 191 million subscribers, record show that only less than 70 million Subscribers have linked their NIN- SIM, in this case, what happen to the 101 million subscribers?More so, NIMC has not really been making progress with what they promised us as citizens.”

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