Nigeria may miss a World Bank’s target of 148 million National Identification Number registrations by June 2024 after total NIN registrations hit 101 million as of June 2023.
Nigeria secured $430m to finance the project with the World Bank’s International Development Association credit of $115m alongside co-financing of $100m from the French Agency for Development and $215m from the European Investment Bank.
Par the National Identity Management Commission, the number of NIN enrolment hit 101 million as of June 26, 2023. It said, “NIMC’s enrolment figures as of June 26, 2023, currently stand at over 101 million unique records. The commission noted that there are now 57.34 million males and 43.68 million females with NIN. The total number of diasporan Nigerians with NIN also rose to 447,414.
In its National Development Plan 2021-2025, the Federal Government revealed its plan to enroll 100 million Nigerians in three years.
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