ASCSN Archives - Tech Digest News https://techdigest.ng/tag/ascsn/ - Latest Nigeria Tech News Today Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://techdigest.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cropped-techdigest-featured-image-32x32.jpg ASCSN Archives - Tech Digest News https://techdigest.ng/tag/ascsn/ 32 32 197179539 We’ve Licensed Airtel, MTN, Others to Register Nigerians for NIN – NIMC https://techdigest.ng/register-nigerians-for-nin-nimc/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:02:08 +0000 https://techdigest.ng/?p=66949 We’ve Licensed Airtel, MTN, Others to Register Nigerians for NIN – NIMC TECH DIGEST – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has licensed telecommunications companies to register people who do not have National Identity Numbers (NIN) so as to reduce the large crowds at the offices of the commission. Director-General, NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, who disclosed […]

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TECH DIGEST – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has licensed telecommunications companies to register people who do not have National Identity Numbers (NIN) so as to reduce the large crowds at the offices of the commission.
Director-General, NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, who disclosed this, said some other private and public organizations had also been licensed by the commission to provide NINs in order to address the crowds at commission’s offices.
This came as workers of the commission said on Tuesday that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, had constituted a committee to address the demands of NIMC employees.
NIMC workers had downed tools on January 7, 2021 in protest against the poor welfare issues at the commission, but their strike was suspended after the intervention of the minister.
Responding to an enquiry as regards measures taken by NIMC with respect to complains by citizens and the crowds at the commission’s offices, Aziz said mobile network operators had been empowered to also give the national identity numbers.
“We have licensed private and public sector organizations including telcos (telecommunications companies) so as to create more centres,” he stated in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent.
On December 15, 2020, the Federal Government declared that after December 30, 2020, all SIMs that were not registered with valid NINs on the network of telecommunications companies would be blocked.
It later extended the December 30, 2020 deadline following widespread opposition against the earlier announcement and gave three weeks’ extension for subscribers with NIN from December 30, 2020 to January 19, 2021.
It also gave six weeks’ extension for subscribers without NIN from December 30, 2020 to February 9, 2021, but many organizations had called for further deadline extension or outright suspension of the NIN registration process due to the large crowds who had yet to have their NINs.
On the meeting between NIMC workers and the communication minister, the President, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, NIMC Unit, Asekokhai Lucky, said some resolutions were reached.
He said the minister told the union that some of the demands being presented by the workers were new to him, as he only took over the supervisory role of NIMC in October 2020.
“So what he (Pantami) did was to set up a seven-man committee to work on the issues and submit a report to him in two weeks’ time,” Lucky stated.
Lucky said the 21-day ultimatum earlier issued the management of NIMC was still in force, although there had been calls for the union to step down the ultimatum.

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]]> 66949 NIN Registration In Limbo As NIMC Staff Begin Strike https://techdigest.ng/nin-registration-in-limbo-as-nimc-staff/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:30:21 +0000 https://techdigest.ng/?p=66761 NIN Registration In Limbo As NIMC Staff Begin Strike TECH DIGEST – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)’s staff below grade level 12 have begun a 2-day warning strike Thursday, plunging the National Identity registration exercise into uncertainty. The warning strike was embarked upon to demand safety measures for NIMC staff against COVID-19 and also […]

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TECH DIGEST – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)’s staff below grade level 12 have begun a 2-day warning strike Thursday, plunging the National Identity registration exercise into uncertainty.

The warning strike was embarked upon to demand safety measures for NIMC staff against COVID-19 and also to demand for a new salary structure, the chairman of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) NIMC unit, Asekokhai Lucky Michael and the unit’s secretary, Odia Victor said.

“Subsequent upon the last just concluded Congress of the above mentioned association that held 6th January, 2021, the Unit Executive hereby directs all members of Grade Level 12 and below in the Head Office and all state offices to report to their respective duty posts tomorrow (today) 7th January, 2021 and do nothing”, a communique signed by Michael and Victor said.

The association also advised all members in the local government offices and special centres to stay away from the various centres as the association task force and implementation committee would be on ground to ensure compliance.

TechDigest reports that the Federal Government directive to telecom operators to link their subscribers with National Identity Numbers (NINs) may suffer a setback because of the warning strike.

Many Nigerians have been complaining about the amount of time it takes to attend to people who spend hours on the queue to register.

 

 

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