NIMC also said it has reduced corruption in the agency by 40 per cent.
By Kehinde Okeowo
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Wednesday rationalized why it reviewed its service price framework.
This reason for the adjustment was revealed by the Director General of the commission, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, during a press conference.
On May 1, NIMC announced a review of its service prices.
The commission hiked date of birthday corrections fee to N28,574 from N16,340.
Similarly, it increased its NIN retrieval service on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data to N50 from N20.
Speaking on the adjustments, Coker-Odusote noted that charges for modifications of data were increased while verifications were decreased.
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She said, “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.”
The DG also said the commission achieved 120,000,040 million National Identity Number (NIN) enrolments for citizens and legal residents.
She further said NIMC has continued to expand its infrastructure capacity to serve Nigerians better in the last 24 months.
Coker-Odusote added that the commission has reduced corruption in the agency by 40 per cent.
