The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says
the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will soon deploy its
officials in continuous voter registration (CVR) centres to harmonise database
collection.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, spoke on Wednesday when the
NIMC management team visited the electoral umpire’s headquarters in Abuja.
Yakubu said with INEC holding the database of citizens for
elections and NIMC in custody of the records of citizens generally, both
agencies have the largest biometric database of citizens in Nigeria.
“Since the ultimate goal is to enrol every citizen with
NIMC, we look forward to the day when your database will serve as the single
source of truth for citizenship identification in Nigeria,” he said.
“When the time comes, the national register of voters may
simply draw from the citizenship register as is the case in many jurisdictions
around the world.
“This may also enable citizens to vote in future elections
from their places of choice anywhere in the country, rather than the places
they register as voters, as is the case at present.
“To achieve this long-term goal, we will continue to deepen
our collaboration with NIMC.”
The INEC chairman said in furtherance of the collaboration,
NIMC is deploying its officials in some registration centres during the ongoing
nationwide CVR.
“The idea is to provide more Nigerians who are yet to enrol
for the National Identification Number (NIN) the opportunity to do so. Working
with NIMC, we carried out a pilot during the recent CVR in Anambra state from
8th to 20th July 2025,” he said.
“We are now set to scale it up nationwide. Citizens will
therefore have the opportunity to register as voters while simultaneously
registering for the NIN.
“In due course, NIMC will provide details of the locations
of our CVR centres where it will deploy its officials and also provide the
modalities for the NIN registration.
“We welcome this partnership with NIMC which is in keeping
with our commitment to synergise with every national institution to strengthen
electoral activities in Nigeria.”
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