{"id":15193489,"date":"2026-07-03T19:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/sims-nins-directive-time-to-rescue-telecoms-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:34:10","slug":"sims-nins-directive-time-to-rescue-telecoms-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/sims-nins-directive-time-to-rescue-telecoms-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"SIMs\/NINs Directive: Time to rescue telecoms industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 THE directive last week by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy that the National Identity Number, NIN, has become mandatory for a subscriber to carry a mobile phone is not only a slap on the faces of Nigerians already going through very troubled times but a plain manifestation that \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/kanofocus.com\/2020\/12\/22\/sims-nins-directive-time-to-rescue-telecoms-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News &#8211; 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