The Nigerian Communications Fee has mentioned that the over 40 million phone traces barred nearest failing to hyperlink to the Nationwide Id Numbers face the chance of being forfeited quickly.
The NCC’s Director of Folk Affairs, Reuben Mouka, disclosed this on Tuesday occasion talking with PUNCH On-line in an interview.
In keeping with him, the phone traces barred through their telecommunication operators have breached the February 28, 2024 cut-off date issued through the fee mandating telecom shoppers to hyperlink their Subscriber Id Modules (SIMs) to their NIN.
He mentioned, “If the barred lines are not acted upon in the next 180 days. They won’t be able to receive calls but will only be able to text and make calls. But after the stipulated days, they would be barred from making calls too and they might forfeit their lines to their respective service provider within 365 days.”
On the other hand to unbar your telephone traces, PUNCH On-line highlights the processes of the retrieval as defined through the NCC’s Director of Exposure to our correspondent.
1. For subscribers that experience no longer registered for his or her NIN, get your SIM registered at authorised centres around the nation.
2. Later hyperlink the NIN along with your SIM via channels supplied through your carrier supplier.
3. For subscribers with registered NINs, merely discuss with your carrier supplier centre and provide the NIN or hyperlink your SIM via channels supplied through your carrier suppliers.
4. However when you have NIN nevertheless it was once forgotten, retrieve your NIN comfortably the usage of your cell phone through dialling *346# to get the quantity.
5. From the choices displayed, make a choice “NIN Retrieval”, through typing in ‘1’, in case you are the usage of the similar telephone quantity you enrolled with to your NIN.
6. Practice the stairs displayed for your display screen and serve the specified inputs.
7. Observe that the usage of this carrier draws a N20 rate simplest (deducted out of your telephone airtime stability).
8. On the other hand, the 4 Cell Community Operators within the nation have designated sure USSD codes for seamless and fast linkage of your NIN and your SIM playing cards. They’re as follows:
a. For MTN Consumers
Dial *785# the usage of the telephone quantity you need to hyperlink, input your NIN and post or dial *785*Your NIN# from the telephone quantity you need to hyperlink. The quantity will likely be related for your NIN mechanically.
b. For Glo Consumers
Merely ship “UPDATENIN NIN FirstName and LastName” to 109.
c. For Airtel Consumers
Simply dial *121*1# now to hyperlink.
d. For 9Mobile Consumers
Dial *200*8# and apply the activates for your telephone display screen.