The federal government has warned that those who are yet to obtain their National Identification Number (NIN) risk seven or 14 years imprisonment as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami made this known at the weekly Presidential Media briefing organized by the Presidential Communication Media Team in Abuja on Thursday.
He said so far 51 million citizens have enrolled for the NIN as at March 31, 2021 and that about 189 million subscribers of the Identification Module (SIM) had been registered in the country.
According to the minister, only 150 million out of the 189 million have successfully completed their registration while the remaining have problems of improper registration.
Pantami reminded all citizens to enroll for the NIN, warning that those yet to obtain the NIN risk seven or 14 years imprisonment as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution.
“Based on the requirement by law each and every citizen and legal resident must obtain his/her National Identification Number (NIN), which is being coordinated by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
“It’s a requirement by law but many citizens ignore it.
“What we achieved in the area of enrolment from the time Mr President has directed me to supervise NIMC till date is unprecedented and we would continue to ensure that in the next few years we have an almost a complete database of all our citizens in the country.
“No country will be successful in education, health, budget planning or national planning without database of its citizens in place.
“What I inherited in the database was less than 20 percent of our population. But we want to ensure that before we leave office we would look at the database and be proud of our country,’’ he said.
According to him, while obtaining a SIM card maybe optional, NIN is mandatory, noting that a lot of transactions in the country are not supposed to be carried out without NIN.
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