The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has reminded Nigerians and legal residents that the Federal Government’s September 14 deadline for linking the National Identification Number (NIN) with Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) is final and non-negotiable.

The Commission said its equipment and workers in the over 10,000 registration outlets across the country and in the diaspora are working seamlessly without hitch for enrolment, verification and authentication, and modification of data.

In a statement by its Head of Corporate Communications, Dr Kayode Adegoke, NIMC maintained that other services are also going on seamlessly to meet the needs of Nigeria for the NIN-SIM linkage deadline.

The statement reads: ”The Commission wishes to reiterate that all its over Ten Thousand NIN enrolment centres across the country and in the diaspora are open for NIN enrolment. Nigerians and legal residents can visit any of the centres to enrol and be issued the NIN.

“The Commission reaffirms its commitment to Zero tolerance for all forms of extortion and unethical practices and that NIN enrolment is free! Any Issues bothering on extortion of applicants or any form of unwholesome practices can be escalated to nimccustomercare@nimc.gov.ng. Mobile No-07002255646.”

Adegoke said the Commission was committed to providing excellent and world-class identity management services to Nigerians and legal residents.