Thousands of telecommunications subscribers around the country have been left stranded due to a technical fault in the National Identity Management Commission portal, which has rendered SIM-related services unavailable. According to the Federal Government’s decision, the impacted NIMC portal allows telecom companies, the Nigerian Immigration Service, banks, and other organizations to authenticate their clients’ National Identity Numbers before providing service to them. Following the directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission for the inclusion of NIN in the requirements for all new an…