 The federal government has extended the National Identification Number NIN and subscriber identity module SIM integration exercise until October 31st. In a statement signed by Ike Chiku Adinde, Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission, the decision to further extend the deadline was made based on the need to accommodate registration in hard-to-reach remote areas, foreigners and diplomatic missions, and Nigerians in the diaspora. The deadline was shifted from the previous date of July 26, 2021. The statement said that there are now a total of 59.8 million unique NIN enrollments with an average of three to four SIMs per NIN. It quoted Issa Pandemi, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, as thanking Nigerians for their patience and compliance with the federal government's directive on the NIN SIM registration exercise. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.