National ID Cards Don’t Guarantee Automatic Citizenship, Ex-NIMC DG

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National ID Cards Don’t Guarantee Automatic Citizenship, Ex-NIMC DG
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• Says NIN aimed at preventing crime, multiple identity Oluchi Chibuzor A former Director-General/Chief Executive, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that the National Ide…

A former Director-General/Chief Executive, National Identity Management Commission has disclosed that the National Identity Card does not qualify anybody to be a Nigerian

Speaking at the conference on “Unique Identification Project in Nigeria: From Despair to Audacity of Hope,” Onyemenan disclosed that no fewer than 51.3 million persons had already registered for the NIN nationwide. The director-general, however, pointed out that the NPC had been working with both Senate and House of Representatives “to ensure that the lawmakers conduct another census as soon as the President approves it.”

“Let me tell you that the money goes to the private pockets. They do not use the money for development. that is why we are still at the primitive level of development,” former statistician-general of the federation observed, lamenting rots in the system. He added that so many people would now be surprised because many Nigerians thought that once you have the NIN that you are a citizen of Nigerian.

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