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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has confirmed issuing only 104.16 million out of 230 million National Identification Numbers (NINs) to Nigerians as of December 31, 2023.
The Commission disclosed this in its NIN enrolment data just released, which shows that a total of 10.13 million NINs were issued throughout last year.
As of December 2022, the NIN database stood at 94.03 million.
Despite a World Bank target of 148 million by June 2024—less than six months from now—registration for the NIN has been slow.
However, with the recent appointment of a new Director-General, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, NIMC said it has started working to accelerate the issuance of the digital identity token in line with the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Lagos leads them all
According to the NIMC data, Lagos State maintained the top spot by recording the highest number of enrolments in the country with 11.42 million Nigerians captured in the state. This was followed by Kano State, which recorded 9.19 million registered NINs. The two most populous states in Nigeria, according to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics have maintained the lead in NIN enrolment since the beginning of the exercise.
Apart from Lagos and Kano, other states that made the top ten in terms of the number of enrolments include Kaduna with 6.45 million; Ogun with 4.40 million; Oyo with 4.04 million; Katsina with 3.54 million; FCT with 3.51 million; Rivers 3.13 million; Delta 2.79 million and Bauchi with 2.76 million.
NIMC data shows that the 10 states with the lowest NIN issued are Kwara with 1.77 million, Akwa-Ibom with 1.76 million, Kogi with 1.73 million, Enugu with 1.67 million, Yobe with 1.65 million, Taraba with 1.49 million, Cross River 1.19 million, Ekiti 1.02 million, Ebonyi 839,506, and Bayelsa 657,484.
In terms of the gender distribution of the enrollees, the NIMC data reveals that 59.12 million, representing 56.8% of Nigerians so far captured in the NIN database are male. On the flip side, 45.04 million, representing 43.2% of the total enrollees are female.(agency) /PLEASE SHARE
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