House of Representatives, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the provision of the National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers to 10 weeks.
Lawmakers at the plenary said the two weeks given to SIM card users by the Nigerian Communications Commission to provide their NIN to service providers was grossly inadequate.
Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, had moved a motion of urgent public importance to demand more time.
While adopting the motion, the House had resolved that the exercise should end on January 28, 2021, as against December 30, 2020.
NCC had threatened that SIM cards not linked to NIN issued by the National Identity Management Commission would be blocked.