NIN-SIM: Disconnect Unlinked Subscribers, Govt Tells MTN, Others

The Nigerian Government has directed all Telcos including MTN Glo, and 9Mobile, to strictly bar outgoing calls for telephone lines that have not complied with the policy of linking National Identification Number (NIN) to the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) from the 4th of April, 2022. Affected individuals are advised to register for their NINs at designated centers and thereafter link the NINs to their SIMs through the channels provided by NIMC and the Telcos, including the NIMC mobile App. As of date, over 125 Million SIMs have had their NINs…

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