National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has commenced the pilot enrolment of minors as children between zero and sixteen (16) are now to be issued with the National Identity Number (NIN).
This was contained in a statement by the Commission, announcing its partnership with the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) to enroll persons attending the 12th Abuja International Trade Fair, 2017 for the NIN.
The Trade Fair, with the theme ‘Returning Nigeria to the Path of Sufficiency through Non-Oil Exports’, is scheduled to commence tomorrow till October 7, 2017 in Abuja.
With the deployment of the Enrolment kits at the fair, the enrolment exercise and issuance of the NIN will be open and free for all exhibitors and visitors at the Trade Fair, including children; an estimated 30,000 on a daily basis.
This collaborative exercise will also avail the Trade Fair participants the opportunity to be registered into the National Identity Database (NIDB) and be issued the NIN, which is non-intelligent set of numbers assigned to an individual upon successful enrollment.
In a statement by Mr. Loveday Ogbonna, head, corporate communications at NIMC, he described the event as one of the biggest in the capital city of Abuja, adding that NIMC’s collaboration with the fair organizers and subsequent plans to deploy enrolment kits to the fair will facilitate, as well as advance the population of the NIDB which has hit 21.9 million enrolment figures as at Wednesday, September 13, 2017.
“Participants who will be at the event and wish to enroll with NIMC are advised to come along with a valid means of identification such as the Birth Certificate, Driver’s License, International Passport, Voter’s Card, etc. for verification.
“Additionally, participants with children between zero and sixteen (16) are also encouraged to bring along their children/wards, as the Commission has commenced the pilot enrolment and issuance of the NIN to minors.
“For Minors however, it is mandatory that the parent or guardian must have enrolled and obtained a NIN before the child/ward can be registered. It is also compulsory for the minor to visit any of the NIMC enrolment office nationwide to update his/her registration when he or she turns 16. It is also at this stage that the National e-ID Card will be processed and subsequently issued to the individual as an adult”.