The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given telecommunications operators in the country two weeks to block all SIM cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers (NIN).
Failure to do so will lead to your line being blocked or disconnected by the 31st of December 2020.
However, to avoid going into a new year with a blocked sim, please read through this article carefully.
What is NIN?
NIN is a set of eleven digits assigned to an individual, by The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), upon successful enrolment.
Enrolment consists of the recording of an individual’s demographic data and capture of the ten (10) fingerprints, head-to-shoulder facial picture, and digital signature.
The information is used to cross-check existing data in the National Identity Database to confirm that there is no previous entry of the same data.
How to Get your NIN?
If you have registered for your NIN, you should have your slip with you.
However, if you have misplaced it, you have to pay N500 through REMITA at any bank nearest to you; provide your Remita Teller to any NIMC Enrolment Centre (ERC) near you and request for a NIN slip print.
Alternatively, you can use the NIMC USSD service to retrieve it by following these steps:
Dial *346#; from the options displayed, select “NIN Retrieval”, by typing in ‘1’, if you are using the same phone number you enrolled with for your number.
Follow the steps displayed on your screen and provide the required inputs
Note: Using this service attracts N20 (twenty naira) fee-only (deducted from your phone credit balance).
However, Glo users might encounter some difficulties, a message from the service provider at about 10: 53 am today stated that their subscribers would not be able to retrieve NIN for now:
The message reads: “The code to verify your NIN is *346 on the registered mobile number. This service cost N20. However, you would be unable to retrieve your NIN on Glo for now. Sorry for this inconvenience.”
How to Link Your Phone Number With Your NIN
Linking your phone number to your number is very easy.
For MTN users, simply dial *785# and get it done in few seconds.
Airtel – Dial *121*1#
Glo – text REG to 746
You can also visit the nearest office of your service provider (be it MTN, Glo, 9mobile, and Airtel) to register/link your NIN.
Just go along with NIN and your SIM pack. If you do not have your SIM pack, you probably should be prepared to swear an affidavit.
To be on the safer side, you can call your service provider’s customer care.
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Good to know
ReplyDeleteWow....thanks Stellz
DeletePlease what's the code to dial for 9mobile? Is there anyway to add the NIN without going to the office?
DeleteThanks Stella for bringing this here
ReplyDeleteWhat about etisalat
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that this people always find away to stress Nigerians?
ReplyDeleteAre you minding them 🙄let them block it .Nin ko Nim leaf ni
DeleteIt is tiring. All this administration does is stress upon stress upon stress and they still stressing. Mtchew
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What of us not in Nigeria at the moment
ReplyDeleteThe thing no tire u????? I use my naija SIM for transactions. What will now happen to us?
DeleteThey should have made this free instead of charging #20 for it.
ReplyDeleteThank God i did my NIN in 2013 that i lost my sin card. I don't know what i would have done now because I hate stress and inconvenience. thanks Stella
@chilove that means u are a sinner hehehe
DeleteWhat about those of us that are yet to register for the NIN? How do we go about the registration?
ReplyDeleteKindly go to NIMC office in your area and register
DeleteI don't understand oooooo,me I get three Sims only one is registered with the NIN that I don't even have the slip....how do I go about it
ReplyDeleteYou can use the NIN retrieval code on the sim you registered with NIN so you can get the number,then use the number on the other sims. I believe it should work...
DeleteWill worry about this later biko,won't allow them stress me.
Please, can someone in the know, help answer these questions. Thanks so much.
ReplyDelete1. People who do not have the NIN, how can they get theirs?
2. People with more than a sim, what is their fate?
Go to NIMC office in your area and register. For than more than one sim use the code up there depending on your network and link up when you have obtained your NIN
DeletePlease, can someone in the know, help answer these questions. Thanks so much.
ReplyDelete1. People who do not have the NIN, how can they get theirs?
2. People with more than a sim, what is their fate?
A sick country led by airheads.
ReplyDeleteWhat does it take to issue the plastic card three weeks after registration? A country of brainless and corrupt leaders voted in by confused populace.
What information is available for people who have not registered for national identification number? What about Nigerians living abroad?
Even people legally residing in foreign countries receive their social security almost immediately after registering for no fee whatsoever but in ur own country, after paying it will still take years to Issue.
DeleteBiko, how difficult is it to make these things abeg. Terrible airheads really
If you use the same number you used in registering for your BVN to dial the code *346# you will get your NIN number. Most are automatically linked to your BVN. After getting the numbers dial the short codes by your service providers and do the registration. After the registration a message will be sent to you tell you that it is pending confirmation from NIMC.
ReplyDeleteIf you have more than one sim card dial the same numbers you retrieved to the short code provided by the different service providers. It is that number that you would use in registering all your SIM cards.
Nice info
ReplyDeleteThanks Stella .I just did it on my main line.but my two browsing lines are not registered and I don't have strength to go to any offices.
ReplyDeleteThis shouldn't be now abeg.Why not January when things are bit calm.
ReplyDeleteStella Thanks for this information but what about those of us using 9mobile? What code should we use..
ReplyDelete*346#
DeleteAt a time when people should avoid crowded places, they are asking Nigerians to go and register. In this covod period. Abeg who did Nigeria offend
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