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Telecom’s subscribers who are yet to register and link their National Identification Number (NIN) with their Subscriber Identification Module (SIM card), are now in tight corners over the initial threat by the federal government to deactivate all SIM cards that are not linked to NIN, after today’s deadline of March 31, 2022. Allaying such fears, the Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Kayode Adegoke, however said in as much as the deadline for NIN-SIM registration and linkage is today, NIMC registration centres would still be open to telecoms subscribers who could not register before today’s deadline. According to him, “NIN registration is continuous and registration will continue, even after the linkage deadline.” Despite the assurance from NIMC on the continuous process of NIN registration, most subscribers who had already registered and obtained their NINs, are still afraid that they may be cut off from communication, should the federal government make do its threat to deactivate all SIM cards that are not linked to their NINs after the March 31 deadline.