Globacom and 9Mobile have separately unveiled a short code and intelligent portal for their subscribers to seamlessly complete the process of linking their mobile lines to their National Identification Number (NIN).
The unveiling of the code and portal were in response to the recent directive of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for all SIM registrations to be paired with a National Identification Number (NIN), the telecom companies said in separate statements on Sunday.
Globacom in its statement in Lagos said, “all our esteemed customers can now link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their mobile numbers by simply sending ‘UPDATENIN NIN FirstName and LastName’ to 109. For example, send ‘UPDATENIN 12345678903 Chidera Abdul-Ola’ to 109.”
For those customer Customers already registered with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Glo said they can dial *346# to retrieve their NIN.
According the company, “We are rolling out this measure to make it easy for subscribers on our network to comply with the new directives of NCC, and as part of our commitment to ensuring customers have uninterrupted access to the various service offerings we provide”
It advised Glo customers without NIN to visit a NIN enrolment center to get registered and obtain one immediately.
Similarly, 9mobile on Sunday announced the launch of its intelligent portal for instant verification to help its customers link their SIM cards with their National Identification Number (NIN).
The Online Self-Service NIN update portal www.9mobile.com.ng/nin, which has already gone live on the 9mobile website, enables subscribers to verify and update their NINs instantly.
This step is one of the several proactive initiatives taken by 9mobile to make the NIN linking exercise directed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) seamless and stress-free for its subscribers.
Apart from the innovative, intelligent portal, 9mobile has also made available a USSD option *200*8# that allows subscribers to check the matching status of their NIN to their SIM and subsequently submit it for backend verification and mapping.
