…as at August 2023
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued 102.39 million National Identification Numbers (NIN) to Nigerians as of August 28, 2023.
This was disclosed by the commission in its NIN enrollment data released on Wednesday this week.
The data revealed the top ten (10) states leading the NIN enrolments. They are;
1. Lagos State (11.17 million)
2. Kano State (9.07 million)
3. Kaduna State (6.3 million)
4. Ogun State (4.3 million)
5. Oyo State (3.9 million)
6. Katsina State (3.5 million)
7. FCT (3.4 million)
8. Rivers State (3 million)
9. Bauchi State (2.7 million)
10. Delta State 2.7 million.
In terms of the gender distribution of the enrollees, the NIMC data also disclosed that 58.15 million, representing 56.8 per cent of Nigerians so far captured in the NIN database are male, while 44.23 million, representing 43.2 per cent of the total enrollees are females.
From all indications, the slowdown in enrollments may affect Nigeria’s ambition of issuing 148 million NINs by June 2024.
Recall that the World Bank’s target under the Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project, was for Nigeria to have issued 148 million NIN by June 2024.
Aside from issuing NIN to 148 million Nigerians by 2024, the bank listed other targets to include the issuance of NIN to at least 65 million female Nigerians by June 1, 2024, as well as 50 million NIN to children under 16 years of age.
The data revealed that the NIN enrolments were yet to pick up after slowing down in July.
However, with the recent appointment of Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, a new director-general, NIMC assured that it has started working to accelerate the issuance of the digital identity token in line with the renewed hope mandate of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
