How to link your NIN in Nigeria, Want to link your MTN number or any network your sim card is? As a Nigerian citizen or a citizen by circumstance living in Nigeria you should know by now that it is now mandated to link your NIN to your Nigerian phone number.

What is NIN?

NIN is A national identification number, national identity number, or national insurance number is used by the governments of many countries as a means of tracking their citizens, permanent residents, and temporary residents for the purposes of work, taxation, government benefits, health care, and other governmentally related functions.

The ways in which such a system is implemented vary among countries, but in most cases citizens are issued an identification number upon reaching legal age, or when they are born.

Non-citizens may be issued such numbers when they enter the country, or when granted a temporary or permanent residence permit.

Many countries issued such numbers for a singular purpose, but over time, they become a de facto national identification number.

For example, the United States developed its Social Security number (SSN) system as a means of organizing disbursing of Social Security benefits. However,

due to function creep, the number has become used for other purposes to the point where it is almost essential to have one to, among other things, open a bank account, obtain a credit card, or drive a car.

Although some countries are required to collect Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) information for overseas payment procedures, some countries, like the US, are not required to collect other nations’ TIN if other requirements are met, such as date of birth.

Authorities use databases and they need a unique identifier so that data actually refer to the searched person. In countries where there is no established nationwide number, authorities need to create their own number for each person, though there is a risk of mismatching people.

Glad you are aware of what NIN is truly, now back to our topic.

I am going to list out 5 steps to link your NIN to your Nigerian phone number.

1. Get your NIN
2. type:- https://nin.mtnonline.com/nin/ if you’re MTN user
3.  When it opens you will see a similar page just like below photograph click the select and choose  NIN just as highlighted on below screenshot next is to fill out your phone number and follow the prompt.
4. Enter your NIN an SMS will be sent to you containing a code
5. Enter the code and you’re done linking your NIN to your MTN Nigerian phone number!

That’s easy right? It’s the 5 steps to link your NIN in Nigeria. Kindly share!