Tag: National ID Card

‘Why Nigerians must pay for new national ID card NIMC

Aminu Imam
NIMC

The National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), says Nigerians will have to pay for the new multipurpose national identity card due to limited government revenue. The Head of Card Management Services at NIMC, Dr. Peter Iwegbu, who stated this at a two-day roundtable organised for journalists yesterday in Lagos, said that the payment was to ensure that it was produced for only those who needed it. According to him, the decision was made to avoid repeating the mistake of the past efforts to issue physical cards to Nigerians for free, which…

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Nigerians to start using three-in-one ID card August -NIMC

Aminu Imam
NIMC ID

Nigerians will in two months begin utilising the services of the proposed three-in-one identity card, the National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), has confirmed. It said the single multipurpose card combining multiple functions of identity, financial and social services will be made available to citizens across the country by August this year. A high-ranking member of the implementation team, who asked not to be named, disclosed this during an interview on Friday. The official stated that the Commission had been working tirelessly to meet its goals, adding that the plan remains…

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Nigerians to pay for new multi-purpose national identity card NIMC

Aminu Imam
NIMC

Abisoye Odusote, director-general/chief executive officer of the National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), has disclosed that Nigerians will have to pay a certain amount of money to get the new general multipurpose national identity card through finance institutions in the country. Odusote, whi made this known during an interactive season with journalists yesterday in Abuja, noted that NIN is free but the card will not be issued free. She said, Just like how you pay to access your ATM cards in the banks, Nigerians will pay through the banks to access…

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FG introduces new national ID card with payment, social features

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), is set to introduce an upgraded National Identity card integrated with payment functionalities and social service attributes. Developed jointly with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System, (NIBSS), this new card will utilise AfriGO, a national domestic card scheme. Head of Corporate Communications of NIMC, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this in a statement released on Friday. Supported by the NIMC Act No. 23 of 2007, which mandates the enrollment and issuance of a multipurpose…

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