Ghana National ID Card to rake in $67m yearly as NIMC abandons scheme for NIN
The Ghanaian National Identification Authority (NIA), the agency in charge of managing the processing and issuance of national identification card, otherwise known as Ghana Card, has revealed that government will make a yearly average of $67m and about $1bn in…
NIMC takes Dangote’s NIN slip to his office in Lagos, gets his endorsement
As part of renewed drive to deepen awareness and national campaign for Nigerians and mainly high net worth individuals to get enrolled, the management of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has visited President of Dangote group, Aliko Dangote in his…
Paucity of fund frustrating NIMC’s plan to mass produce national identity cards—DG
Beyond the rhetoric of claiming that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) cannot produce national identity cards for everyone who enrolled for it, the Act establishing the agency is very clear card issuance after all. NIMC Act provided that the…
Aziz, NIMC boss visits FCT minister, gets NIN as precondition for land allocation
The Director General of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr Aliyu Aziz and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammed Bello have sealed an understanding that will grow serve a dual purpose. Whereas the FCT Administration will henceforth make…
Multiple ID system hindering effective credit delivery –Ghanaian expert
At a time the Director General of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engineer Aliyu Aziz had been crusading the need for all Nigerian to go and register for his or her National Identity Number (NIN); a lead to national ID…
NIMC targets 50m Nigerians in NIN before year end with 900 centres—Aziz
As part of new drive to deepen the databank of biometrics of Nigerian, the management of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has set out modalities to capture well over 50 million Nigerians on its ongoing registration for the National…
Nigerians can get unique identity in few years if agencies work together—NIMC DG
The Director-General of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr Aliyu Aziz, has given antidote to the achievement of unique identity statuses for every Nigerian, saying the plan can only work when all relevant agencies of the government decide to work…
Can Nigeria’s national ID card, GhanaCard schemes become reality this year?
Whereas Ghana’s national ID card project known as GhanaCard is being touted to begin this January 2018, after missing two takeoff dates, investigations on Nigeria’s national ID scheme which took off since last administration and still crawling now show that…
Attorney General approves mandatory use of NIN as NIMC gazettes regulation
As part of concreted drive by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to deepen the value of National Identity Number (NIN), it has gazetted and published five (5) Regulations. The gazetting stemmed from the express approval received from the Attorney…
NCC, FRSC leading amongst MDAs in industry education—BH Survey
Report of a month long public opinion carried out by Business Hilights Intelligence Unit (BHIU), has been released, showing that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) are in distant lead amongst all other federal ministries,…
