The National Identity Management Commission has identified over 6,000 Nigeriens registered on its database with the National Identification Number.
This was as President Bola Tinubu directed an inter-ministerial committee to ensure comprehensive data for the National Social Register for the Federal Government’s social investment programmes.
Report says the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, briefed the Federal Executive Council on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, on the activities of NIMC, an agency under his purview.
The minister reportedly affirmed that the NINs were withdrawn from the illegal holders in an ongoing database clean-up.
