President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, to enrol every Nigerian into the national identity database before the end of the year.
The Director-General of NIMC, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, announced this during an interview on Channels Television, saying the directive is aimed at strengthening national planning, governance and service delivery.
She said the commission is working with partners under the World Bank-supported Identification for Development project to speed up nationwide enrolment, while noting that the National Identification Number ensures every citizen is registered only once.
Coker-Odusote added that the exercise will also help determine Nigeria’s actual population, with biometric verification preventing multiple registrations and strengthening identity security.
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