As a feature of measures to further develop security in the nation, all phone lines which Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) not connected to National Identity Numbers (NIN) have been to some extent deactivated.

To impact the request, all cordial calls by defaulting endorsers have been banished

Around 72.7million lines might be impacted by the mandate.

A joint assertion by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Director of Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde and National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Director of Corporate Communications Mr Kayode Adegoke, declared the choice yesterday.

In any case, there is an open window for defaulters to do as such at assigned NIMC focuses cross country.

Information made accessible by NCC in February showed that there are 303,636,267 associated GSM portable lines in the nation out of which 197,768,482 were dynamic.

The assertion made sense of that of 125 million SIMs submitted for guaranteed linkage with NIN, 78 million had up to this point been given remarkable NINs. Novel NIN is basically the connection of supporters' names to their SIMs.

NIN-SIM: 72m Telephone Lines Partially Deactivated From Outgoing calls

In the beyond two years, the govt has moved the time of the implementation of the arrangement to guarantee that endorsers were caught in the information base of NIMC.

The assertion peruses: "for the Federal Government, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has complimented Nigerians and legitimate inhabitants for their help during the activity to connect the National Identification Number (NIN) to the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM).

"As of date, more than 125 Million SIMs have had their NINs submitted for guaranteed linkage, check and validation. Also, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has given more than 78 Million remarkable NINs till date.