This was disclosed in a statement jointly signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management, Kayode Adegoke and Ikechukwu Adinde of the Nigerian Communications Commission.
They said the decision to extend the deadline was made following a request by stakeholders to accommodate registration in hard-to-reach remote areas, foreigners and diplomatic missions, diaspora and address low enrolments in schools and hospitals, as evidenced by enrolment statistics.
It also followed a review of the progress of the exercise which indicated significant progress hence the need to consolidate the gains of the enrolment and NIN-SIM verification process across the country.
According to the statement there are now a total of fifty eight million unique NIN enrolments with an average of three to four SIMs per NIN.
