Tag: NIN enrollment

NIN: MTN, Airtel commence registration in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt

Aminu Imam

Telecommunication firms, MTN and Airtel Nigeria have commenced the National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise in its retail outlets across the country. This development follows the latest approval by the Federal Government granting telcos the license for the NIN enrolment due to the large crowd turnout and pressure faced by staff of the Nigeria Identity Management Commission (NIMC) at their offices. According to MTN’s Senior Manager, External Relations, Funso Aina, said that the telecommunication company had secured NIMC licence for NIN enrollment and had begun enrollment at some of its…

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NIN enrollment: Minister orders suspension of NIMC staff over extortion at centres

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has ordered the suspension of staff fingered in extortion of applicants during National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment at some National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) centres in the country. The NIMC Spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said the affected staff were at the NIN enrollment centres in Bauchi and Kaduna States He said the directive followed complaints by members of the public that some NIMC workers were capitalising on the rush for NIN to extort the…

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