Seven years after its inception and with a huge amount of money already allocated to it by the federal government, the National Identity Management Commission is yet to meet its mandate of capturing all Nigerians on its database and issuing them with valid identity cards, clearly setting the stage for an unending journey to the national identity card programme, as was the case with its predecessor, the  Directorate of National Civic Registration.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says lack of funds was hindering commencement of registration of Nigerians in the Diaspora.

AFTER hordes of criticisms over its pronouncement that those without National Identification Number, NIN, may not be issued with international passports, the Nigerian Identity Management Commission, NIMC, is in trouble once again. This time, the commission is enmeshed in fund mismanagement scandal. The money involved is said to be in  tune of N3,451 billion which the Auditor General of the federation said he has already queried the Director General of the Commission for.

Hajiya Bilkisu Dalhat, the Kano state Office Coordinator, National Identification Management Commission (NIMC), says over 20,000 cards are yet to be collected by their owners in the state.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it has a target to register 28 million Nigerians into the National Identification Number (NIN) system by the end of 2017.

THE Federal Government has said that anybody that does not have identification number from the National Identification Management Commission, NIMC, from 1st January 2018 will not be issued with the Nigerian passport.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has deployed a Short Message Service (SMS) that allows members of the public to ascertain and verify the authenticity of their National Identification Number (NIN) and access other services.

THE National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has provided further clarifications on the planned enforcement of the use of the National Identification Number (NIN) by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other bodies requiring the verification of individual’s identity in the country, like security outfits, banks and other financial institutions.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has tendered an unreserved apology to prospective enrollees for the interruption of services at some of its National Identity number (NIN) enrollment centres across the country.

The outgoing Director General/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission NIMC, Barrister Chris Onyemenam has expressed optimism that by 2016, the Commission would have populated the National Identity database with the data of over 80 million Nigerians.