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Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Nears 90 Million, NIMC Declares

September 17, 2022 3:14 am

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has asserted that close to 90 million people have registered for the National Identification Number (NIN) in the country.

NIMC Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Aliyu Aziz, made this disclosure while speaking yesterday in Abuja at an event to commemorate the fourth National Identity Day with the theme ‘Traditional Institution as Critical Stakeholders for Citizens Mobilisation’.

‘Without sounding immodest, NIMC has made great strides on so many fronts in the last three years,’ he said. ‘From just over 1,000 enrolment centres and 2,000 enrolment devices across the country, NIMC in partnership with its licensed …

NIMC Debunks Controversial Reports Of NIN Database Loss

June 9, 2022 10:41 am

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, in a freshly vetted report which is a response to the News that has been making rounds about the loss of some NIN details in their database has openly refuted reports that the National Identity Number, NIN, records of Nigerians are missing from its database.

NIMC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, said reports that the commission lost 7.9 million NIN of Nigerians were false and misleading.

A news platform had reported that NIMC may have lost 7.9m NIN records of Nigerians.

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Reacting, Adegoke, in …

Nigeria To Replace National Identity Card With Digital Numbers

September 9, 2020 8:21 am

The federal government has given an insight into the transfer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.

Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy said with the development, the concept of Digital Number would be prioritized to replace the National Identity Card.

He made the disclosure in an interview with PRNigeria’s Economic Confidential.

Pantami confirmed that the contribution of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased in the second quarter of 2020.

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The minister …

NIN Registration: Federal Government Extends Deadline

NIN: Buhari Moves NIMC To Communications Ministry

August 31, 2020 7:22 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the transfer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.

Uwa Suleiman, Spokesperson to Isa Pantami, the Minister, made the announcement in a statement.

The president’s approval was based on the role of NIMC towards the realization of the objectives of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria (NDEPS).

Suleiman noted that Pantami has within his first year in office resolved the ICT sector’s decade-long dilemma of Right of Way charges, among others.