Olumide Aremu, NIMC Lagos West Coordinator, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria following the protest by People Living with Disability (PLWD) at NIMC office on Tuesday.
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The NIMC acting Coordinator in the state, Paul Popoola, disclosed this on Tuesday at the University of Ilorin, while speaking with newsmen.
The residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Effurun, near Warri said that the process was slow and stressful.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who visited the NIMC office in Anambra, near Awka, reports that the entrance gate into the office was locked as the applicants loitered around.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Commission’s spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, on Sunday.
Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission and Kayode Adegoke of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), jointly made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
Some applicants, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Wednesday, at the National Identity Management Commission, Gwagwalada Centre, described the process as slow and frustrating.
Bola Babarinde, National Chairman of the chapter, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said that the policy would address some security challenges facing the country.
The National Task Force on the NIN and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) registration made the announcement on Tuesday, in Abuja, in a statement jointly signed by Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and Engr Aliyu Aziz, Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
Rights and Freedom Advocates received the news of the dictatorial policy with amazement and wondered if informed and patriotic Nigerians were among those who took the draconian and short-sighted policy. The most disappointing was that the Management of NIMC was among the decision makers that took the iniquitous decisions when some Nigerians who have been going to NIMC offices for months have been thronging our office with complaints of not having opportunity to register for the NIN.
The National Identity Management Commission has directed its personnel across the country to give preference to, and enroll, all applicants sitting for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations.
The workers are also asking for the payment of outstanding arrears and implementation of the Para-military Salary structure after the National Salaries and Wages Commission classified NIMC under that group of workers.
Aziz said this while speaking during the 6th General Assembly of Northern Traditional Rulers Council in Kaduna.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Aliyu Aziz, Director-General, National Identity Management Commission for a second term.
Aliyu Aziz, Director-General, National Identity Management Commission has advised Nigerians to focus on getting the National Identification Number rather than clamouring for the e-ID card.
The National Identity Management Commission says it is working towards enrolling all Nigerians into national identity database in the next five years.
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora on Wednesday queried the National Identity Management Commission over the fees charged to Nigerians in diaspora for data capturing for the purposes of the National Identity Number and the National e-Identity Card.
Hadiza Dagabana, General Manager Legal Service, National Identity Management Commission, says Nigerians should always follow due process and report cases of extortion while trying to collect their National Identity Cards to curb fraud.
Hadiza Dagabana, General Manager, Legal Service, National Identity Management Commission, says every Nigerian is eligible for the issuance of the National Identity Number free of charge irrespective of the age.