FG approved the establishment of SIM Swap Centres by Mobile Network Operators (MNO) including MTN, Airtel, GLO among others.
It also extended the MNO's enrolment licence tenure.
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) via it’s Twitter handle on Wednesday made this known.
This came up shortly after a meeting of ministerial taskforce on the NIN/SIM registration, the Minister of Communication, Isa Pantami explained that the decision was taken to allow MNO to open SIM Swap centres across all Local Government Areas in Nigeria.
Pantami said: “Approval was also given for the extension of the tenure of NIN enrollment agent licenses for MNOs from 1 to 5 years in consideration of their satisfactory performance, subject to continuous monitoring.”
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