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42m Nigerians captured in national identity data base
BY GLORY ADESEGUN
No less than 42 million Nigerians have so far been registered on the national Identity database, according to the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr Aliyu Aziz.
Aliyu was speaking at a media briefing to commemorate the 2020 National Identity Day on Wednesday in Abuja.
The theme of the 2020 celebration was: “Identity for Health, Sustainable Development and Growth”.
The DG said the commission required additional four thousand (4,000) enrolment centres to effectively speed up the enrolment process.
He said, the commission currently had one thousand enrolment centres which according to him was not enough to cover the population of the country.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Aziz told the press that the idea behind the introduction of digital identity ecosystem was to enable government have easy access to accurate data of citizens for the provision of social services.
He said through the system, the commission was working on modalities to capture 2.8 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) within two to three months.
The director-general however said, the commission was able to collate 14 million data from other government agencies through its data harmonisation process.
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He charged the public to report any act of extortion by members of staff of the commission especially during enrolment process.
He used the opportunity to encourage Nigerians to come out en-mass to enrol and obtain their national identity number (NIN).
“Our major focus now is the NIN because the card is for convenience,” he said.
“With your full cooperation, participation and consistent support, we can bequeath a robust and sustainable system of national identity to our dear nation and future generations.
“If you are yet to enrol and obtain your National Identification Number (NIN), I urge you to do so as soon as possible,” he said.