National Identification Number enrollment declined by 41.63 per cent year-on-year in the first four months of 2023 to 4.67 million from 8 million in the corresponding period of 2022.
According to NIMC, NIN will link all the records of an individual — demographic data, fingerprints, head-to-shoulder facial picture, other biometric data, and digital signature — in the National Identity database.
To boost the national identity national database, the Federal Government intends to enroll 100 million individuals in three years. It stated this in its National Development Plan 2021-2025. The government said, “Identity management has remained a tasking issue for several administrations. There is a paucity of data despite several agencies collecting identity data for their operations in Nigeria.
“The latest of these is the Nigerian Communications Commission linking SIM registration data to the National Identity Number Database. NIMC plans to register an additional 100 million people in three years and has embarked on a massive registration drive. The plan is to enrol 2.5 million people monthly for the next three years.”According to VerifyMe Nigeria, the country’s digital identity sector will add about seven per cent to its real Gross Domestic Product by 2030.
It, however, disclosed in a report titled ‘Digital ID in Nigeria: State of the Industry’ that the country’s drive to grow its digital economy will depend on investments in enabling infrastructures in the digital identity space.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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