The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) person deepened their collaboration connected information harmonisation for citizens registration and individuality management.
The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, stated this erstwhile helium received the NIMC Director-General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote and her absorption squad astatine INEC office connected Wednesday successful Abuja.
Mr Yakubu said that the determination betwixt the 2 sister agencies holding the largest biometric databases of Nigerians could successful aboriginal alteration citizens to ballot from immoderate determination successful the country.
He explained that portion INEC holds the database of citizens for the intent of elections, NIMC has the grounds of citizens generally.
“Since the eventual extremity is to enroll each national with NIMC, we look guardant to the time erstwhile your database volition service arsenic the azygous root of information for citizenship recognition successful Nigeria.
“When the clip comes, the nationalist registry of voters whitethorn simply gully from the citizenship registry arsenic is the lawsuit successful galore jurisdictions astir the world.
“This whitethorn besides alteration citizens to ballot successful aboriginal elections from their places of prime anyplace successful the state alternatively than the places they registry arsenic voters arsenic is the lawsuit astatine present.
“To execute this semipermanent goal, we volition proceed to deepen our collaboration with NIMC,’’ helium said.
Mr Yakubu said that the NIMC was collaborating with INEC to alteration citizens to registry for elector cards and the National Identification Number (NIN) simultaneously, during the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
“It is successful furtherance of this collaboration that NIMC is deploying its officials to immoderate of our registration centres during the ongoing nationwide CVR.
“The thought is to supply much Nigerians who are yet to enroll for the NIN the accidental to bash so.
“Working with NIMC, we carried retired a aviator during the caller CVR successful Anambra from 8 to 20 July, 2025.
“ We are present acceptable to standard it up nationwide. Citizens will, therefore, person the accidental to registry arsenic voters portion simultaneously registering for the NIN.
“In owed course, NIMC volition supply details of the locations of our CVR centres wherever it volition deploy its officials and besides supply the modalities for the NIN registration,’’ helium said.
Earlier successful her remarks, Mrs Coker-Odusote, said that the collaboration was portion of the NIMC mandate to harmonise information crossed each Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
Mrs Coker-Odusote explained that the collaboration would make a trust-based strategy that would payment Nigerians crossed sectors, peculiarly successful voting and guarantee transparency, accountability and fairness.
This according her is successful enactment with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, who is keen astir promoting credible elections successful Nigeria done reliable individuality system.
“The extremity acceptable retired successful beforehand of america is precise cardinal due to the fact that we indispensable guarantee that we supply systems that are trusted by the public.
“Ensuring that we bash what is required to fulfill Nigerians and marque definite that our mandate, which is successful enactment with the volition of the people, is achieved.
“On this note, 1 of the cardinal steps successful america advancing this people is for america to commencement disconnected with INEC connected their elector registration workout for INEC to guarantee that we are disposable during this process.
“This is to beryllium capable to supply entree to Nigerians astatine the assemblage level to beryllium capable to enroll and registry for the NIN successful collaboration with the INEC,’’ Mrs Coker-Odusote said
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