The Federal Government has extended the ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise by eight weeks.

News of the extension was contained in a statement signed by spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the ​Nigeria Identity Management Commission.

According to the statement, which was dated February 1, the extension was approved by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. ISA PANTAMI.

The statement noted that Dr. PANTAMI specified the extension is to give Nigerians and legal residents more time to integrate their NIN with the SIM,”

The new deadline for the exercise is now April 6.