Nationnewslead reports that In a letter from Subscriber Advocacy, Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria. (ATCIS) dated Wednesday 16th, Dec.2020 after Radio Lagos campaign platform due sign by National President Omoba Sina Bilesanmi, aka OJUEKO Urges Federal Government to remove N20 USSD fee imposed on subscriber with over 200 million ATCIS members as at October 2020 for NIN retrieval, on Friday, through the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) FNCS, FBCS,FIIM, MCPN has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to remove the N20 USSD fee imposed on subscribers for NIN retrieval requests.
The Minister’s directive which takes immediate effect, is an intervention aimed at making the process easier and affordable.
In a letter conveying the implementation of the directive, the Executive Vice Chairman NCC and the Director General of NIMC, informed Dr Pantami that the relevant authorities had met with, and negotiated a waiver with the Mobile Network Operators in that regard.
By this waiver, all Nigerians, subscribers and applicants can access the service using the *346# code for their NIN retrieval at no charge for the interest of ATCIS members duration of the NIN/SIM Card integration exercise.
Recall that the Federal Government had earlier directed that all National Identification Numbers be integrated with Subscriber Identification Modules for security purposes.
The Honourable Minister appreciates the efforts of Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria.( ATCIS) and all other stakeholders he encourages them to continue to sacrifice more for national interest.
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