The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has vowed to deal decisively with any of its workers members caught extorting money from enrollees for his or her National Identification Number, NIN.
The NIMC Acting Director-General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, made this recognized throughout an unscheduled go to to the FCT workplace of the fee on Tuesday.
She stated the fee wouldn’t tolerate continued acts of extortion from its members, and harassment of Nigerians, saying all enrollment was free.
According to her, modifications in signatures, enrollment errors and Date of Birth ought to be paid by means of financial institution remittances of N500 and N15,000 respectively, noting that each one different enrollment shouldn’t be paid for.
She stated knowledge is a important infrastructure and ought to be handled as a nationwide asset, saying modifications of any data would solely be allowed if made with sworn affidavits.
The performing D-G, nonetheless, suggested Nigerians to report incident of extortion or harassment in the midst of their enrollment to its places of work.
“So regarding extortion, NIN is free in Nigeria, there is no reason why you should pay for enrollment, It is free. If you call me or give anybody money or you go to any of the NIMC offices, you are adding to the problem.
“You know if we all keep saying it, we have to be better, Let’s also practice it as Charity begins at home, if there’s any issue, go to the website.
“There are channels there for you to escalate the matter. I am actually getting that feedback directly myself and addressing it”.
Mrs Coker-Odusote stated the fee had cleared over 2.5 million backlog of modifications, saying all points delaying the processing of nationwide id playing cards for Nigerians could be addressed inside two weeks.
On the challenges of damaged down and outdated methods, gradual community connectivity and others, she stated all points had been being addressed, saying the Renewed Hope agenda of this current administration would reposition knowledge administration within the nation.
The FCT NIMC Coordinator, Ndi Awan, spoke concerning the uncomfortable working atmosphere, gradual community connectivity and actions of touts across the premises.
“Our challenge is many but let me talk about the issue of poor network, we usually find it difficult to upload biometrics of enrollment.
“We are also short-staffed, our officers are not enough to handle the number of people coming in, this makes the system and process slow”.
She stated the fee would proceed to play its half in offering a secured and universally recognised id administration system for Nigeria.
During the go to, one workers was apprehended for extorting N25,000, whereas one other posed as an enrollee, deceiving unsuspecting individuals about serving to them with their NIN.
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