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Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has issued a warning to Nigerians without NIN.
Nigeria's minister of Minister of Communication and Digital
Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has warned those without the National
Identification Number of the risks involved.
According to him, Nigerians who do not have NIN risk 14 years imprisonment.
He said this at the weekly Presidential Media briefing organized by
the Presidential Communication Media Team in Abuja on Thursday.
According to him, 51 million Nigerians have enrolled for the National Identification Number as of March 31, 2021.
While encouraging Nigerians to enrol for NIN, the minister warned that “those yet to obtain the NIN risk seven or 14 years imprisonment” as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution.
He explained that while obtaining a SIM card may be optional, NIN
is mandatory, noting that a lot of transactions in the country are not
supposed to be carried out without NIN.
He added, “Based on the requirement by law each and every
citizen and legal resident must obtain his/her National Identification
Number, 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 data base of all our citizens in the country.
“No country will be successful in education, health, budget
planning or national planning without data base of its citizens in
place.
“What I inherited in the database was less than 20 per cent 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.”
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