The Nigerian Government Thursday said telecommunications companies will resume registration, activation and replacement of SIM cards on April 19, months after the process was halted. xBut the registration will follow the new policy guidlines approved by the government, a spokesman for Isa Ali Pantanmi, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy said in a statement. The new policy makes it mandatory for anyone to be issued SIM to have the National Identity Number. Corporate registration, institutions will be required to appoint a telecoms master (at the minimum of an executive management level) to provide the operational primary NIN representation. The Telecoms master will also be responsible to ensuring that the users provide their NINs to serve as a Secondary NIN.

Source: The Guardian April 15, 2021 16:18 UTC