Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate a major breach in linking telephone numbers to the national identity system.

The breach involves linking multiple phone numbers belonging to different subscribers to a single NIN without their consent.

The House reached the resolution on Wednesday following a motion of urgent public importance moved by Patrick Umoh (APC, Akwa Ibom).

In 2020, the Nigerian government introduced a policy mandating linking mobile telecommunications numbers to the NIN. Customers were given a deadline to comply or risk having their lines barred.

Most telecom operators provided self-service platforms for customers to link their numbers via USSD codes. Despite this, the process has be...