The company disclosed this in a vNIN update flier. According
to the company SIM registration, replacement, mobile number portability, NIN
linking, and 4G upgrade can only be done with vNIN or the improved NIN slip.
“The virtual NIN tokens are merchant-specific and expire
after a set period of time (usually 72 hours). This means that a token
generated for company MTN cannot be used or verified by company Airtel.”
According to MTN, it is adopting vNIN because the Federal
Government introduced it as a means to protect citizens’ data privacy as
another party verifying the number cannot retain or use it in a way that puts the
individual’s data privacy at risk.
It added that vNIN is only applicable to citizens with the
original 11 digit NIN. It said both the actual NIN and vNIN will continue to
exist side by side until the government tells the telecommunication industry to
migrate fully to vNIN.
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