|
Listen to article
|
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said it has achieved 120,000,040 million National Identity Number (NIN) enrolments for citizens and legal residents.
This comes as the commission explained why it recently reviewed its service price framework.
The Director General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, spoke at a press conference on Wednesday.
According to her, NIMC has continued to expand its infrastructure capacity to serve Nigerians better in the last 24 months.
Read Also: TUC National Leadership Suspends Rivers Chairperson
Abisoye-Coker said the commission has reduced corruption in the agency by 40 percent.
On its recent price review, she noted that charges for modifications of data were increased while verifications were decreased.
“There were some prices that were too much, so what we did was to remove them.
“There were all sorts of prices over there. People were extorting citizens with outrageous prices.
“NIN enrolment is free. But if you want to modify your data for any reason, you have to pay more.
“Some prices were reviewed downwards and others upwards.
“In terms of verification, the prices were reviewed downwards but upwards in terms of modifications,” she said.
Recall that on 1st May, 2025, NIMC announced a review of its service prices.
Accordingly, the commission hiked date of birthday corrections fee to N28,574 from N16,340.
Similarly, NIMC increased its NIN retrieval service on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data to N50 from N20.
In other news, the national leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria has suspended the Chairperson of its Rivers State Council.
The suspension was communicated in a letter signed by the TUC National President, Festus Osifo, and Secretary General, Nuhu Toro.
According to the letter, the suspension was due to acts of misconduct and blatant disregard for the Congress.
Specifically, the Chairperson was accused of granting press interviews without the approval of the National Secretariat, even after a query was issued to him on June 20, 2024, to which he responded with an apology.
