NIN: Subscribers Urge FG To Sanction Non-Compliant Network Providers

Network subscribers have called on the Federal Government to wield a big stick at any network provider that fails to comply with its directive on National Identity Number (NIN) registration.
Some subscribers who spoke with The Tide in Port Harcourt, said network providers were yet to commence NIN registration as directed by the Federal Government.
One of the subscribers, Nkeiru Okwudili, hinted that no network provider has started the process, hence the continued crowd at National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) centres in Port Harcourt.
Okwudili pointed out that the only NIMC registration centre at Eneka in Obio/Apkor Local Government Area has a single computer for the exercise.
She said that the venue for the exercise was always crowded with subscribers who were eager to register before the April deadline.
Another subscriber, Tennyson Festus, expressed worries over the inability of the Federal Government to back up the directives with order or sanction.
Festus explained that the Federal Government’s directives would only be effective if it attaches penalty with the directives.
According to him, issues of such magnitude need the best and urgent attention of both the government and network providers.
A subscriber, who gave his name only as Dr Innocent, called on the Federal Government to put the network providers on their toes for them to comply with the directives.
Innocent said without necessary actions taken by the government, the network providers would not comply promptly.
The Tide learnt that the April deadline given to subscribes to link their phone numbers their NIN may not be feasible due to shortage of NIMC registration centres across the country.

By: King Onunwor