. National Identity Number Compulsory for passport, bank accounts, others
FROM September 1, the National Identity Number
(NIN) shall become mandatory for all transactions
involving the identification of individuals in the
country.
To that end, the National Identity Management
Commission (NIMC), which is in charge of NIN
issuance, has urged Nigerians to avail themselves
the opportunity of enrolling in the national identity
database to get their NIN.
In a statement yesterday, NIMC General Manager,
Corporate Communications, Abdulhamid Umar, said
the agency has been advertising in some national
dailies that the use of NIN shall become mandatory
all transactions offered by applicable government
institutions from September 1.
According to the commission, these transactions,
pursuant to section 27 (1) and (2) of the NIMC Act,
2007 include application for, and issuance of
International Passport, opening of individual and/or
group bank accounts.
Also affected are all consumer credits, purchase of
insurance policies, purchase, transfer and registration
of land by any individual, National Health Insurance
Scheme (NHIS), such transactions that have social
security implications, registration of voters, payment
of taxes and pensions, among others.
“Consequently, any government agency/institution,
bank, insurance company and all other institutions
offering services and/or involved in transactions
requiring the identity of an individual must first
demand for the NIN,” NIMC General Manager,
Inspectorate, Regulatory and Compliance Services,
Mrs. Hadiza Dagabana said.
“Any individual, institutions/body who fails to comply
with the above has committed an offence punishable
under section 28 of the NIMC Act.”
The commission urged citizens to appreciate the full
import of the NIMC mandate and understand that
the three-decades-old problem of identity
management in Nigeria has been fixed since 2012 by
NIMC’s unique identification infrastructure and the
subsequent launch of the National e-ID Card scheme
in 2014.
On the importance of NIN, NIMC General Manager,
Information Technology/Identity Database, Chuks
Onyepunuka, explained: “Clearly, most people are
unable to appreciate the shift in paradigm from ‘Card
Issuance,’ their familiar turf, to ‘Identity
Management,’ the current global trend, which
explains why they insist on getting the physical card
even after they have been enrolled and issued their
NIN.
“NIMC is focused on establishing ‘foundation
identity’ (who you are) as the issuing authority for
Nigeria, while all other institutions, including the
banks and INEC, are focused on ‘functional
identity’ (whether you are eligible for a specific
service).” Onyepunuka emphasised that functional
identities established pursuant to various
organisations’ databases, such as the Bank
Verification Number (BVN) and Taxpayer
Identification Number, among others, are not
substitute for NIN.
“Therefore, citizens must ensure that they are
enrolled into the National Identity Database (NIDB)
by September 1, the effective date of commencement
of the mandatory use of NIN.”
The agency disclosed that there are about 404
enrolment centres nationwide, and that cards were
currently been issued in the state offices across the
nation and that the Federal Capital Territory, adding
that the exercise would be hastened as soon as the
commission scales up its facilities and infrastructure.
Source : Vanguard
(NIN) shall become mandatory for all transactions
involving the identification of individuals in the
country.
To that end, the National Identity Management
Commission (NIMC), which is in charge of NIN
issuance, has urged Nigerians to avail themselves
the opportunity of enrolling in the national identity
database to get their NIN.
In a statement yesterday, NIMC General Manager,
Corporate Communications, Abdulhamid Umar, said
the agency has been advertising in some national
dailies that the use of NIN shall become mandatory
all transactions offered by applicable government
institutions from September 1.
According to the commission, these transactions,
pursuant to section 27 (1) and (2) of the NIMC Act,
2007 include application for, and issuance of
International Passport, opening of individual and/or
group bank accounts.
Also affected are all consumer credits, purchase of
insurance policies, purchase, transfer and registration
of land by any individual, National Health Insurance
Scheme (NHIS), such transactions that have social
security implications, registration of voters, payment
of taxes and pensions, among others.
“Consequently, any government agency/institution,
bank, insurance company and all other institutions
offering services and/or involved in transactions
requiring the identity of an individual must first
demand for the NIN,” NIMC General Manager,
Inspectorate, Regulatory and Compliance Services,
Mrs. Hadiza Dagabana said.
“Any individual, institutions/body who fails to comply
with the above has committed an offence punishable
under section 28 of the NIMC Act.”
The commission urged citizens to appreciate the full
import of the NIMC mandate and understand that
the three-decades-old problem of identity
management in Nigeria has been fixed since 2012 by
NIMC’s unique identification infrastructure and the
subsequent launch of the National e-ID Card scheme
in 2014.
On the importance of NIN, NIMC General Manager,
Information Technology/Identity Database, Chuks
Onyepunuka, explained: “Clearly, most people are
unable to appreciate the shift in paradigm from ‘Card
Issuance,’ their familiar turf, to ‘Identity
Management,’ the current global trend, which
explains why they insist on getting the physical card
even after they have been enrolled and issued their
NIN.
“NIMC is focused on establishing ‘foundation
identity’ (who you are) as the issuing authority for
Nigeria, while all other institutions, including the
banks and INEC, are focused on ‘functional
identity’ (whether you are eligible for a specific
service).” Onyepunuka emphasised that functional
identities established pursuant to various
organisations’ databases, such as the Bank
Verification Number (BVN) and Taxpayer
Identification Number, among others, are not
substitute for NIN.
“Therefore, citizens must ensure that they are
enrolled into the National Identity Database (NIDB)
by September 1, the effective date of commencement
of the mandatory use of NIN.”
The agency disclosed that there are about 404
enrolment centres nationwide, and that cards were
currently been issued in the state offices across the
nation and that the Federal Capital Territory, adding
that the exercise would be hastened as soon as the
commission scales up its facilities and infrastructure.
Source : Vanguard
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