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In the first eight months of the year, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has met only 47.6% of the Federal Government’s monthly target of 2.5 million registrations.
Despite a slowdown in the rate of enrolments, the number of Nigerians with National Identification Numbers (NIN) increased to 102.39 million in August.
Data from NIMC, shows that enrolment has dropped by 35.14% year-on-year in the first eight months of this year. As of August 28, 2023, only 8.36 million people have enrolled for NIN in 2023, compared to the 12.89 million enrolled by July 7, 2022.
On average, NIN enrolment per month stood at 1.19 million during the first eight months of 2023, falling short of the National Development Plan 2021-2025 target of 2.5 million enrolments per month.
In 2022, NIMC registered 21.33 million people, with NIN enrolment rising from 72.7 million on January 1, 2022, to 94.03 million on December 31, 2022. The average NIN enrolment per month was 1.78 million.
The Federal Government’s plan outlined the goal of enrolling 100 million Nigerians in three years at a rate of 2.5 million people per month. It recognized the lack of comprehensive data as a challenge in the country and aimed to address it through a registration drive.
Regarding the monthly NIN enrolment, NIMC stated, “NIMC’s enrolment figures as of August 28, 2023, currently stand at over 102.39 million unique records. The highest cumulative enrolment figure of over 11.17 million was recorded in Lagos State.”
Diasporan enrollment totaled 482,670, with men (58.15 million) enrolling for NIN more than women (44.24 million). Leading states in NIN enrolment include Lagos (11.17 million), Kano (9.08 million), Kaduna (6.35 million), Ogun (4.32 million), and Oyo (3.97 million).
States with lower enrolment numbers include Bayelsa (642,233), Ebonyi (818,173), Ekiti (1.01 million), Cross-River (1.17 million), and Taraba (1.48 million).
During a recent dinner in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, the World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, reaffirmed the bank’s collaboration with NIMC to ensure the successful rollout and registration of digital national IDs in the country.
He reiterated the commitment to provide at least 148 million working-age individuals with a digital national ID by mid-2024, emphasizing the potential of digital technologies to drive transformation.
Under the Digital Identification for Development project, the World Bank’s International Development Association credit is set to finance the country’s digital identity initiative with $115 million, alongside co-financing of $100 million from the French Agency for Development and $215 million from the European Investment Bank, bringing the total amount to $430 million.
As of April 30, 2023, a report indicated that only $35.6 million of the allocated amount had been disbursed for project implementation.
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