The federal government has approved the licensing of 173
centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct enrolment of persons
into the National Identity Database (NIDB).
The notice was posted on the website of the National
Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Wednesday.
This is coming after the Nigerian Communications Commission
(NCC) asked telecommunications companies to block SIM cards not registered with
NIN after two weeks.
The directive was based on the outcome of a meeting of key
stakeholders in the communications industry as convened by Isa Ali Pantami, the
minister of communications and digital economy.
The development has generated criticisms from different
quarters, with many Nigerians expressing their displeasure at the new
directive.
“The Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital
Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173
Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment
of all persons including legal residents into the National Identity Database
(NIDB) on behalf of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC),” the
notice read.
“Pursuant to the above, find the list of all the successful
firms who satisfied all the evaluation criteria as stated in the Advert for the
Expression of Interest (EOI) of each of the respective categories in full.
“The Commission
congratulates all those who have been cleared to conduct enrollment of all
persons on behalf of NIMC for data capture services.”
Below is the list
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