NIN enrolment: NIMC says all excellent funds to brokers have been cleared 

The Nationwide Id Administration Fee (NIMC) stated it has cleared all excellent funds owed to the enrolment brokers often known as Entrance Finish Companions (FEPs) for the enrolments carried out between 2021 and 2024.

In line with an announcement issued by the Fee’s Head of Company Communications, Kayode Adegoke, the funds had been for all enrolments that efficiently hit the database and generated the Nationwide Identification Numbers (NINs).

NIMC within the assertion identified that the FEPs had been contracted in 2021 by the erstwhile administration by way of the previous Minister of Communications and Digital Economy to scale up enrollment for the NIN.

“Nevertheless, the FEPs had been solely paid for one yr of enrollment actions,” it added.

Revalidation train 

The Fee famous that on the belief of Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote because the NIMC DG/CEO, she promised to clear the excellent owed to the FEPs.

“As a part of the method of paying the excellent cash, all of the FEPs had been subjected to a revalidation train to make sure they met internationally acceptable requirements, adhered to compliance, and adopted greatest moral practices. 

“After the revaluation train, the NIMC, with the help of the Id for Growth (ID4D) and the World Bank, started the method for the cost of the excellent NIN enrolment cash owed to the FEPs,” the Fee acknowledged.

• It famous that the excellent cash was not a part of the World Bank-funded NIN Enrolment challenge.

• NIMC emphasised that the NIN Enrolment between 2021 and 2024 by the 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 challenge.

“The NIMC by way of the ID4D and the World Bank, subsequently, paid all of the excellent cash after the thorough analysis,” it acknowledged.

Whereas appreciating the World Bank and ID4D for his or her help, Engr. Coker-Odusote additionally expressed her gratitude to the FEPs and the Fee’s stakeholders for his or her dedication to populating the Nationwide Id Database (NIDB).

What it is best to know 

Earlier this week, a number of the FEPs beneath the aegis of the Impartial Nationwide Identification Brokers Union in Nigeria from the Southwest area had staged a protest over an alleged non-payment of their two-year fee and illegal invalidation of their operational licenses by the management of the NIMC.

They had been asking President Bola Tinubu to swiftly intervene on the matter as their technique of survival had been affected.

Chief of the group, Taiwo Odebunmi stated the hardship that they’ve been subjected to because of the non-payment of their fee and invalidation of their Operation licences is past comprehension.