Ahead
of the forthcoming National Identity Registration exercise, the
Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr.
Chris Onyemenam has advised Nigerians to douse their fears, saying that the
current exercise was targeted at capturing the identity of all Nigerians from
infancy to adulthood till infinity.
The DG
who gave the assurance in Abuja during an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP
SUNDAY yesterday stressed that the pilot programme was to register people from
16 years and above as against the previous minimum of 18 years .
“Once
the project kick-starts, it will run through our lifecycle and it might even
stretch beyond us that is; it will be a continuous project till infinity but
for the pilot programme, we want to register people that are 16 and above but
pressure will not be on us to register the underage; though is our mandate to
register everybody from birth to death.
According
to him, “we want to capture a minimum of one hundred million Nigerians (100,
000, 000) within the next three years because statics obtained from the
National population Commission shows that we have adults of 16 and above up to
90, 000, 000.
However,
people that are below 16 will not be disenfranchised because registration will
be done from birth till death including infants and children. The underage
(less than 16) can register and obtain their NIN but cannot demand for card
until their 16 years.
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