If you are one of the 21 million subscribers who are yet to get their National Identity Numbers (NIN), you are in for a treat. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that telecommunication companies and some private companies in Nigeria are now licensed to register and issue NIN to subscribers who are yet […]
Barely a week after the initial proposed deadline for Nigerian mobile users to update their SIM registration records with their National Identity Number, employees of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have embarked on an indefinite strike, starting from today, January 7th, 2020. President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, NIMC branch, […]
On paper, it sounds like the perfect solution to the problem. Yet, since 2007, less than 20% of Nigerians are registered on the National Identity database.
Many of the problems with the process can be traced to politics and a political process that has complicated what should be a non-issue.
We have an idea why Nigerians ignored all the bulk emails and SMSes from their banks begging them to sync their account details, but this tweetstorm from Nigeria’s popular ICT policy advocate, Gbenga Sesan shares a couple things that didn’t quite square up with the exercise.
We have an idea why Nigerians ignored all the bulk emails and SMSes from their banks begging them to sync their account details, but this tweetstorm from Nigeria’s popular ICT policy advocate, Gbenga Sesan shares a couple things that didn’t quite square up with the exercise.
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