The Nationwide Identification Administration Fee (NIMC) has threatened to withdraw the licence of any of its Entrance Finish Companions caught charging Nigerians for the Nationwide Identification Quantity (NIN) enrolment.
That is contained in an announcement issued by the Fee’s Head of Company Communications, Kayode Adegoke, on Saturday.
This adopted a collection of complaints from Nigerians over how they’re being charged for the enrolment which is meant to be free. To deal with this, NIMC mentioned it has directed safety companies to trace any workers or FEPs caught extorting candidates for NIN enrollment.
“Anybody caught shall be sanctioned appropriately consistent with the provisions of the regulation, and the license of such FEP shall be withdrawn,” the NIMC warned.
NIN is free
The Fee insisted that enrolment for the NIN is free, including that it didn’t authorize its workers or its FEPs to cost candidates.
NIMC urged Nigerians to report any workers or FEP that calls for cash for enrolment via its varied channels together with email- [email protected] or name 07002255646.
“The Fee assures of its utmost dedication to making sure seamless enrollment companies and pledges to stem the tide of extortion,” it said.
Backstory
A current Nairametrics report detailed how the unlawful costs by the FEPs are slowing the nation’s efforts to determine all its residents via the NIN enrolment.
Though among the FEPs justified the costs, blaming it on the delay in getting funds from NIMC and the necessity to maintain the enterprise, NIMC not too long ago introduced that it had cleared all excellent funds to the licensed companions.
NIMC famous that the engagement of FEPs was a stop-gap measure authorised by the erstwhile Minister of Communications and Digital Economy to scale up NIN enrolment pending the graduation of the World Bank/ID4D venture.
What you need to know
Final month, the Director-Common of the NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote disclosed that the Fee had issued 115 million to Nigerians and authorized residents within the nation as of October 2024.
- As of December 2023, the NIMC database confirmed that issued NINs stood at 104.16 million.
- This means that regardless of the insurance policies of the federal government mandating the usage of the NIN for a number of companies together with worldwide passports, driver’s license, bank accounts, JAMB and WAEC examinations, and cell SIM registration, amongst others, solely about 10 million NINs have been issued within the first 10 months of the 12 months.
- For a rustic whose inhabitants is estimated at over 220 million, the NIMC knowledge infers that over 100 million Nigerians are nonetheless out of the identification system.
Underneath the World Bank-supervised Nationwide Identification for Improvement (ID4D) venture, NIMC was anticipated to have issued NIN to 148 million Nigerians by the tip of June 2024.
Nonetheless, the nation’s failure to satisfy this goal has seen the World Bank restructure and prolong the venture to June 2026.
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