NIN enrolment now 85.59m, increases by 2.86m
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment rose to 85.59 million by 7 July, an increase of 2.86 million compared with 82.73 million by 26 May, according to the latest National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) data.
Male enrolment accounts for 48 million (56 per cent), female 37.52 million (44 per cent).
Top 10 states in raw numbers
The top 10 states in raw enrolment numbers are
- Lagos – 9.73 million
- Kano – 7.3 million
- Kaduna – 5 million
- Ogun – 3.5 million
- Oyo – 3.4 million
- FCT – 3 million
- Katsina – 2.8 million
- Rivers – 2.6 million
- Delta – 2.3 million
- Niger – 2.2 million
Bottom 10 states
- Imo – 1.4 million
- Zamfara – 1.4 million
- Enugu – 1.4 million
- Abia – 1.3 million
- Yobe – 1.2 million
- Taraba – 1.2 million
- Cross River – 978,063
- Ekiti – 939,302
- Ebonyi – 689,555
- Bayelsa – 552,597
Zonal distribution
- North West – 26 per cent
- South West – 25 per cent
- North Central – 17 per cent
- North East – 12 per cent
- South-South – 12 per cent
- South East – 8 per cent
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National database
Nairametrics reports that government policy introduced in December 2020 mandating all mobile telephone subscribers to link their SIM with their NIN is helping to create a credible national database Nigeria has lacked for decades.
To address the infrastructure limitations of the NIMC, which slowed down NIN registration for years, several companies, including telecom operators, were licensed to act as enrolment agents.
The government directive in April made telecom operators bar outgoing calls from lines not linked, affecting about 75 million lines.
Ramp up by telcos
To reactivate blocked lines, telecom operators are wooing their customers with offers to encourage them to register and link their lines.
Globacom has a one-time ‘Glo NIN Offer’ that applies only to customers barred from making outgoing calls on the Glo network “as directed by regulatory authorities due to NIN non-compliance.”
Once subscribers link their NIN to their SIM they get a N20,000 bonus which can be used to call, browse, and text on the network.
Airtel urges affected subscribers to relink their lines and get N20,000 free airtime and data credit.
