NEWSROOM (ADV) – Payments for registration and issuance of national identity cards will start as from 2022, said National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
Director-General, NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, made the disclosure at the Lunch Time Reform Seminar on “The National Digital Identity Ecosystem Strategic Road Map for the Enrolment of Nigerians and Legal Residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB)” organised by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR).
Aziz, who urged Nigerians to register for their identity cards within three years, said further registrations would attract an undisclosed fee.
He said that the electronic ID card can only be issued to Nigerians registered into the national identity system and resident citizens according to the constitution who have attained the age of 16 years and above.
Aziz stated that the National Identification Number (NIN) is assignable only to Nigerians.
The NIMC boss noted that the digital functions of the new national ID card were in compliance with developing countries where citizens’ identity and data is kept in an ecosystem.
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