 The federal government has extended the deadline to link SIM cards to National Identification Number NIN to June 30th. Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission Dr Ike Chuku Adindi said they decided to extend the deadline at a virtual meeting chaired by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Issa Pantami. They said that almost 54 million people have obtained the NIN and connected it to about 190 million mobile numbers. Recall that sections 27 and 29 of the National Identity Management Commission Act 2007 makes it mandatory for Nigerians to have a national identity number to assess several government services. 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.