The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Tuesday said national identity number (NIN) generated through bank verification number (BVN) will not have access to the NIMC mobile app and the NIN-SIM integration will be invalid.
The agency therefore, asked those who are affected to complete their NIN at the NIMC office for validation.
Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in November 2020 ordered all telcos to block the SIM cards that are not linked to NIN by the end of January.
Also, the agency earlier announced that NIN generated by the BVN can be used after it has been updated at the NIMC enrollment centre.
The biometrics capturing part of the registration can only be done at the NIMC enrollment centre.
But the agency in a tweet said the NIN registration must be completed despite NIN generation through BVN.
“You must complete your NIN registration even if your BVN has generated a NIN.”
“If your NIN was generated due to the BVN record harmonization with the National Identity Database, you will not have access to the NIMC mobile app and your NIN-SIM integration will be invalid. Visit an enrollment centre to complete NIN registration,” the tweet read.