NIMC DG Tells Nigerians To Focus On Getting National Identification Number - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 8, 2019
Director-General, National Identity Management Commission NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, has advised Nigerians to focus on getting the National Identification Number NIN rather than clamoring for the e-ID card.
Aziz gave the advice in an interview in Abuja,saying that the commission’s main focus was providing identity to allNigerians.
He said that there is nothing like `temporary orpermanent’ in the language of NIMC as the NIN slip has the uniqueidentification number.
According to him, the commission has the approval ofthe Federal Government to ensure the sustainability of the system.
He also said that it is the first issuance of theNIN slip and the e-ID card that is free.
The director-general, however, said that so far thecommission had enrolled 38 million Nigerians out of the 200 million estimatedNigeria population.