How to link your phone number with your national identification number (NIN)

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given broadcast communications administrators in the nation fourteen days to impede all SIM cards that are not enlisted with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). 

Inability to do so will prompt your line being obstructed or disengaged by 31st of December 2020. 

Be that as it may, try not to go into new year with a hindered sim, read through this article cautiously. 

WHAT EXACTLY IS NIN ? 

NIN is a set of eleven digits doled out to a person, by The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), upon enrolment. 

Enrolment comprises of the account of a person's segment information and catch of the ten (10) fingerprints, head-to-bear facial picture, and advanced mark. 

The data is utilized to cross-check existing information in the National Identity Database to affirm that there is no past passage of a similar information. 

How would I Get my NIN? 

In the event that you have registered for your NIN, you ought to have your slip with you. 

Notwithstanding, in the event that you have lost it, you need to pay N500 through REMITA at any bank closest to you; give your Remita Teller to any NIMC Enrolment Center (ERC) close to you and solicitation for a NIN slip print. 

Then again, you can utilize the NIMC USSD administration to recover it by following these means: 

Step by step instructions to Get Your NIN 

Dial *346#; from the choices showed, select "NIN Retrieval", by composing in '1', on the off chance that you are utilizing a similar telephone number you enlisted with for your number. 

Follow the means showed on your screen and give the necessary sources of info 

Note: Using this administration pulls in N20 (twenty naira) expense just (deducted from your telephone credit balance). 

Notwithstanding, Glo clients may experience a few troubles, a message from the specialist organization at around 10: 53 am today expressed that their supporters would not have the option to recover NIN for the time being: 

The message peruses: "The code to confirm your NIN is *346 on the enlisted portable number. This administration cost N20. Be that as it may, you would be not able to recover your NIN on Glo until further notice. Sorry for this burden." 

Instructions to Link Your Phone Number With Your NIN 

Connecting your telephone number to your number is simple. 

For MTN clients, essentially dial *785# and complete it in couple of moments. 

For different lines, just visit the closest office of your specialist organization (be it Glo, 9mobile, and Airtel) to enroll/interface your NIN. 

Simply oblige NIN and your SIM pack. On the off chance that you don't have your SIM pack, you presumably should be set up to swear an affirmation. 

To be on the more secure side, you can call your specialist co-op's client care.