The National Identity Management Commission (nimc_ng) has said over 100 million Nigerians have no identity.
The agency’s Director-General, Mr Aliyu Aziz, stated this on Wednesday during a zoom meeting.
“The estimated population of Nigeria stands at 200 million. Only about 38 per cent of the population has any form of ID.”
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