NIMC logo and a sample of the national identity card.
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has
insisted that it is compulsory for Nigerians to visit the enrolment
centres to complete their National Identification Number
registration.
It stressed that it was important for people not to get carried
away with the generation of NIN due to Bank Verification Number
(BVN) record harmonisation with the National Identity Database.
In a post on its Twitter handle on Tuesday, the agency asked
those who have gotten their NIN through such a process to visit the
enrolment centres to validate their number.
It said, “NIN generated by the BVN can only be used after it has
been updated at the NIMC enrolment center. You must complete your
NIN registration even if your BVN has generated a NIN.”
“If your NIN was generated due to BVN record harmonisation with
the National Identity Database, you will not have access to the
NIMC mobile app, and your NIN-SIM integration will be invalid.
“Kindly visit an enrolment centre to complete your NIN
registration,” another tweet read.
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The NIMC made the clarification following the controversy
sparked by the use of shortcodes to generate the NIN.
This comes after some enrolees said they got the number after
getting registered for the BVN, insisting that there was no need to
visit any NIMC centre again.
Amid the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, thousands of
Nigerians storm the NIMC enrolment centres daily.
There are fears that the rate of transmission at the enrolment
centres is high because the enrolees fail to comply with the
COVID-19 protocols.
Read the tweets below:
You MUST complete your NIN registration even
if your BVN has generated a NIN.@DrIsaPantami @aliyuaziz
@FMoCDENigeria@nimc_ng@NgComCommission
@NITDANigeria@Galaxybackbone@ConsumersNCC @NIPOSTNG @UwaSuleiman
pic.twitter.com/2qefXknPkY— NIMC (@nimc_ng) January 12, 2021
NIN generated by the BVN can only be used
after it has been updated at the NIMC enrollment
Center.@DrIsaPantami @aliyuaziz @NgComCommission @Galaxybackbone
@NITDANigeria @FMoCDENigeria @nimc_ng @ConsumersNCC @UwaSuleiman
@NIPOSTNG pic.twitter.com/rl4hwq8lRi— NIMC (@nimc_ng) January 11, 2021