The National IdentityManagement Commission (NIMC) is targeting to capture some 28 million Nigerians
in its data base before December 31, this year, reports ITRealms.
Revealing this to ITRealms in Lagos, the Director-General
and Chief Enrollment Officer (CEO) of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, said they
have currently captured 18.5 million as at the last count.
According to him,
efforts are ongoing to ensure this mile stone is achieved within the specified
time.
He pointed out that as
at 2015, some 7 million Nigerians were captured in the National Identity
Management System and as at December 2016, NIMC has registered and captured 14
million people.
Till date,
the DG told ITRealms, NIMC has
established enrollment centers in 809 locations, 556 Local Government Areas (LGAs)
across 36 states of the federation.
Equally, the
Director-General said, this is in addition to some 215 special centers
nationwide.
NIMC under
his watch, he said, has been envisioned to provide sustainable world class identity
management solutions, to enhance governance and service delivery in Nigeria by
2019.
Aziz, further warned
that Nigerians who are yet to register and obtain the National Identification
Number (NIN) issued by the Commission, may suffer the risk of being branded as
a non-Nigerian citizen in the next few years.
He advised Nigerians
that yet to get registered or captured in the NIMC database to quickly ensure
they do so as soon as possible.
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Pix: D-G NIMC, Mr. Aziz with media consultant, Mr. Mkpe Abang at a press conference recently in Lagos.
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