The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has said that Nigerians without National Identity Numbers, NIN would soon be denied the opportunity of acquiring driving licenses and passports.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde on Wednesday in Abuja.
The statement reminded telecommunications consumers to link their NINs with their SIMs before the expiration of the deadline of October 31, 2021 set by the Federal Government.
It however, urged Nigerians to make use of the extension of the NIN-SIM integration exercise to October 31, 2021, to enroll with the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, to get their NINs and link them to their SIMs.