Tinubu commends NIMC as National Identity database hits 126m enrolments

ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for its singular advancement successful individuality management, announcing that implicit 126 cardinal Nigerians person present been enrolled successful the National Identity Database.

Speaking astatine the National Day of Identity solemnisation connected Tuesday successful Abuja, the President—represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume—praised NIMC for its achievements, including the clearance of a 2.5 cardinal grounds backlog and the enlargement of enrolment services nationwide and abroad.

Earlier, the Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, reaffirmed the Commission’s committedness to gathering a secure, inclusive, and empowering individuality strategy arsenic Nigeria marked the 7th National Day of Identity. She stressed the value of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) successful enhancing integer trust, protecting idiosyncratic data, and supporting Nigeria’s modulation to robust integer nationalist infrastructure.

Coker-Odusote revealed that implicit 123 cardinal Nigerians are already captured successful the National Identity Database, advancing SDG 16.9 connected ineligible individuality for all. She noted that NIMC has expanded partnerships with implicit 50 nationalist and backstage organizations, boosted diaspora enrolment by 52%, and integrated individuality services into cardinal sectors specified arsenic health, education, societal welfare, agriculture, and security.

The DG outlined 3 halfway pillars of NIMC’s strategy:

Inclusion: Expanding enrolment nationwide, including successful commencement registration and correctional facilities.

Protection: Strengthening cybersecurity done collaboration with the Nigeria Police and deploying unafraid self-service platforms. She dismissed caller claims of information breaches arsenic false, assuring Nigerians that the database remains secure.

Empowerment: Using the NIN to present societal welfare, pupil loans, and cultivation subsidies. Over 449,000 students person already benefited from acquisition loans worthy ₦86.35 billion.

While celebrating milestones, she acknowledged challenges, peculiarly successful addressing sex disparities and debased commencement registration coverage, urging continued multi-sectoral collaboration.

“The NIN is much than conscionable a number—it is simply a gateway to opportunity, security, and dignity,” she said. “Our ngo is clear: to physique a integer individuality strategy that works for each Nigerian.”

President Tinubu emphasized that the event’s theme, “Public Key Infrastructure: Backbone to Digital Public Infrastructure”, underscores the cardinal relation of individuality successful Nigeria’s integer translation agenda. He described the nationalist individuality database arsenic captious to fiscal inclusion, societal protection, nationalist security, and effectual governance.

“Behind this fig are workers who tin present assertion their pensions without fearfulness of fraud, students who tin entree loans and scholarships with ease, farmers benefiting from targeted incentives, and displaced persons who present person impervious of individuality to person humanitarian support,” Tinubu said. “This is the existent powerfulness of identity, and this is the advancement we celebrate.”

He disclosed that the database’s capableness has been expanded from 100 cardinal to 250 cardinal records to guarantee cosmopolitan coverage. Over 1,500 enrolment devices are progressive nationwide, supported by much than 200 diaspora centres, portion peculiar enrolments person been conducted for refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and correctional installation inmates.

In addition, implicit 5,000 agents person been trained nether NIMC’s disablement inclusion policy, and harmonization with 125 spouse agencies has created a unified individuality system, reducing duplication and enhancing work transportation successful immigration, taxation, healthcare, education, and telecommunications.

On integer security, the President noted that implicit 30 fraudulent operators person been arrested, amerciable centres unopen down, and phishing sites dismantled. NIMC has besides maintained its ISO 27001:2022 certification for global-standard information protection.

As portion of lawsuit attraction reforms, Tinubu said NIMC has introduced a High Availability Verification Service guaranteeing 99.9% uptime, invested successful modern tools and facilities, and improved unit payment done promotions and wage adjustments for implicit 2,800 personnel.

Reiterating his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda, President Tinubu said the National Identification Number (NIN) volition stay a captious instrumentality for nationalist devel...