The National Identity Number (NIN) designed for the identification
of Nigerians in all transactions that require identification of
individuals in the country shall become compulsory by September 1, reports ITRealms.
In keeping with this
arrangement, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), in-charge of
NIN issuance, has urged Nigerians to avail themselves the opportunity of
enrolling in the national identity database to get their NIN on or the
deadline.
NIMC General Manager, Corporate Communications, Abdulhamid Umar, said recently that the agency has advertised in some national dailies that the use of NIN shall become mandatory in all transactions offered by applicable government institutions from September1.
Transactions affected,
pursuant to section 27 (1) and (2) of the NIMC Act, 2007, ITRealms learnt, include application for, and issuance of international
passport, opening of individual and/or group bank accounts.
Also affected, according
to reports, are all consumer credits, purchase of insurance policies, purchase,
transfer and registration of land by any individual, National Health Insurance
Scheme (NHIS), such transactions that have social security implications,
registration of voters, payment of taxes and pensions, among others.
“Consequently, any
government agency/institution, bank, insurance company and all other
institutions offering services and/or involved in transactions requiring the
identity of an individual must first demand for the NIN,” NIMC General Manager,
Inspectorate, Regulatory and Compliance Services, Mrs. Hadiza Dagabana said.
“Any individual, institutions/body who fails to comply with the above has committed an offence punishable under section 28 of the NIMC Act.”
The commission urged
citizens to appreciate the full import of the NIMC mandate and understand that
the three-decades-old problem of identity management in Nigeria has been fixed
since 2012 by NIMC’s unique identification infrastructure and the subsequent
launch of the National e-ID Card scheme in 2014, ITRealms reports.
Cyriacus Nnaji/ GEE
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