Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The Nigerian government is considering replacing the Bank Verification Numbers with the National Identity Numbers, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said on Monday.

Mr Pantami disclosed this while briefing journalists after a facility tour and inspection of the ongoing NIN enrolment exercise at NIMC and other designated centres in Abuja.

He said he had made the request at the National Economic Sustainability Committee.

He said the BVN is a regulator's policy, while NIN is a law.

"The strength of the law wherever you go is not the same with a policy of one institution,'' he said.

"BVN is our secondary database, while NIN and the database is the primary one in the country that each and e...