The minister of communications and the digital economy, Isa Pantami, claimed that his life was in danger.
He said that the introduction of the National Identity Number and Subscriber Identity Module connection in the nation posed a threat to his life.
According to Pantami, the majority of those who argued about the policy have since become silent, and the National Identity Management Commission has made great progress.
Pantami spoke at the fourth annual Identity Day commemoration, which holds every September 16, organised by the NIMC in Abuja on Friday.
Pamtami said, “We can only get our digital economy right when we continue to improve and encourage our citizens to enroll in our national database. When we commenced the process, many people turned against me. My life was threatened because of the introduction of the NIN and SIM registration on BBC radio and many more, and I resisted, believing that nobody can control my life in this world, only Almighty God.
“We resisted, and now, the process is working. Sometimes, I can stay for one month without speaking to the NIMC and there is no any problem. Today, most of our citizens that were fighting are now silent. Looking back from three years ago, the NIMC had managed under challenging conditions, to achieve an enrollment figure of nearly 90 million enrollments for the country.
“By the time I took supervision of the NIMC, the total number of registration centres were not up to 1,000, but today, we have over 50,000. Today, our national data base is on auto drive. We have established over 19 national policies and all of them are being implemented. This has never happened in the history of Nigeria.”