Mandatory use of NIN from Jan 1, 2019 may not work if…–Experts
Whereas the leadership of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the telecommunications operators are strategizing on how to ensure smooth transition of processes towards the January 1, 2019 deadline for the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN)…
NIMC boss, Aziz redefines digital divide, says digital identity key to growth
The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz, has argued that the definition of the term ‘digital divide’ as “patterns of unequal access to ICT based on income, race, ethnicity, gender, age and geography that surfaced during…
See NIMC’s NIN Slip as official transaction identity document, Reps tells CBN, other
As part of official drive to encourage Nigerians to go for their National Identification Number (NIN) slip at the designated centres mapped out by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the leadership of House of Representative has urged the Central…
Nigeria’s population grows 7m yearly—NIMC boss, Aziz
The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Aliyu Aziz, has disclosed that Nigerian’s population in now growing at a rate of seven million yearly. Explaining issues bordering on the slow pace of registration for the National Identification…
NIMC’ll save annual loss of N610bn by agencies’ from biometric duplication
Indication has emerged showing that all things being equal, by the time the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) completes the harmonization of biometric data of Nigerians from other federal agencies, the country will seize to lose about $2bn (N610bn at…
‘Only an Act of parliament can enforce denial of financial services without NIN’
Disquiet has continued to trail the recent pronouncement by the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engineer Aliyu Aziz that Nigerians yet to register and get their National Identification Number (NIN) stand the chance of being denied…
NIMC driving NIN awareness to fast track national identity database, harmonisation
The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engineer Aliyu Aziz, has warned that any Nigerian without the National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the commission runs the risk of being regarded as a non-Nigerian citizen. Addressing a world…
