FG Stops N20 Fee For NIN Retrieval

By Chuks Ekpeneru

The Federal Government has stopped the N20 fee imposed on subscribers for National Identification Number (NIN) retrieval requests.

Sequel to governments plan to link the NIN with sim card of GSM users, the network providers had imposed the N20 fee on their subscribers.

A statement by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has however directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to remove the N20 USSD fee.

The statement signed by the spokesperson of the minister, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, said the minister’s directive which takes immediate effect, is an intervention aimed at making the process easier and affordable.

“In a letter conveying the implementation of the directive, the Executive Vice Chairman NCC and the Director General of NIMC informed Dr Pantami that the relevant authorities had met with, and negotiated a waiver with the mobile network operators in that regard.

“By this waiver, all Nigerians, subscribers and applicants, can access the service using the *346# code for their NIN retrieval at no charge for the duration of the NIN/SIM Card integration exercise.

“Recall that the Federal Government had earlier directed that all National Identification Numbers be integrated with Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) for security purposes.

“The minister appreciates the efforts of all stakeholders and encourages them to continue to sacrifice more for national interest,” the statement noted.

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