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NIN: Enrollees stranded as NIMC shuts Lagos office

The process for NIN registration has been put on hold at NIMC Lagos office until further notice.

Hundreds of Lagos residents who approached the office of the National Identity Management a Commission (NIMC) had their hopes of ing for a National Identity Number (NIN) shattered as the commission shut its doors against people.

A TIMES reporter, who visited the NIMC office at Ikeja, saw many people lamenting how the commission lacks good management and wasted their time.

“I got here at 4 a.m. When I got there, I met like 300 people already on ground. I got slot 138 and it is because I begged someone that allowed me stay at his front,” a resident who identified himself as David said.

An 85-year-old man, Fatai Akinbile, who was at the NIMC office to correct his date of birth, expressed how bitter he felt with the entire process.

“I came from Ajah, left the house very early. The issue is they wrote 1953 as my date of birth instead of 1935. I have made attempts to correct it and they referred me to Ikeja,” he said

Mr Akinbile, who said he did not understand the announcement that SIM cards will be blocked, said he had been on the process for long and it is tiring for him.

“I have someone here that offered to help me but when I got here this morning, they say we cannot enter and they are not working,” he said.

Several people interviewed by TIMES said the commission shut down abruptly after distributing forms to some of them, saying they got an order from Abuja to stop.

“They chased everybody saying if we don’t go away, they will call the police. Of a truth, the police arrived shortly,” another person who declined giving his name said.

A TIMES reporter saw police vehicles and some police officers at the entrance of NIMC office with the commission’s doors shut and no official present.

The process was stopped until further notice.

Background
The Nigerian government had announced last week that subscribers to all networks in the country are mandated to provide their NIN, else, they would be blocked from using their SIM cards.

The government gave two weeks deadline, after which SIM cards without NIN will be blocked.

Communicating the directive, the spokesperson of NIMC said the major telephone networks must require all their subscribers to provide their NIN.

“The submission of NIN by subscribers to take place within two weeks (from today December 16, 2020 and end by 30 December, 2020).

“After the deadline, ALL SIMs without NINs are to be blocked from the networks.

“A Ministerial Task Force comprising the Minister and all the CEOs (among others) as is to monitor compliance by all networks. Violations of this directive will be met by stiff sanctions, including the possibility of withdrawal of operating License,” the statement reads.

Despite the short notice and outrage by Nigerians, the government said there would be no extension of the deadline.

NIMC shuts down
In a bid to prevent their SIM cards being blocked, hundreds of Lagos residents on Monday stormed the NIMC office at Alausa, Ikeja.

The office, which opened officially at 8 a.m., had numerous people waiting at the gate as early as 5 a.m. to be ed.

The enrollees complained of not being able to for NIN at their various local governments as the officials allegedly collect money for form and end up referring them to the Alausa office for the completion of their NIN.

“I got here at 7 a.m., the crowd here was much. Shortly after I arrived they distributed forms to people based on the slot their earlier gave.

“I struggled to get number 167, but when it was time for form collection, I got form with number 118,” Olamide Mustapha said.

He said after the gate was opened and the first person called in for his biometric capturing, a man came him and ordered the NIMC officials to stop.

“He said it was order from above and it is because of COVID-19, ” Mr Mustapha said.

The commission’s office was subsequently shut down and many of the enrollees dispersed.

Another enrollee, Bayo Adeyemi, who came from Ikotun, told TIMES that the commission lacks good management as there was no coordination and people were left attended to for a long.

COVID-19 protocols
Many enrollees interviewed by TIMES confirmed that there was no compliance with COVID-19 protocols as the crowd was “uncontrollable.”

Although many had their face masks on, there was no physical distancing.

“No COVID-19 protocol was observed, people were too much, no queue was maintained. You know the typical nature of people, everybody wants to at once, it was really bad,” an enrollee said.

The enrollment process has, however, been stopped until further notice and the crowd at the NIMC office dispersed.

https://www.timesng.com/news/headlines/432426-nin-enrollees-stranded-as-nimc-shuts-lagos-office.html

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Make me rest and my stalkers too



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This shouldn't be clumsy at all considering the level of technology that could be deployed to people even in the comfort of their homes.

A system of registration that involves virtual registration that can't be negatively manipulated can be designed and executed with the help voters card and BVN.

ALL these fire brigade approach the goverment is putting people through is unnecessary

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For TEACHER

Big wahal.They should just extend that deadline to avoid chaos.

NIN registration has been put on hold at NIMC Lagos office until further notice.

Fools in power!!

The biggest fools in the universe are in Nigeria occupying political offices.


BVN
Voters card
International port
Driving license

Common sense can't tell them to share database so it can easy for one to generate NIN online without going to the office.

I ed for the first national ID. It is no longer accepted. They are forcing us to queue for another one. These sadists love to see Nigerians suffer.


Even some telecoms are also useless. I went to MTN office to do a 'welcome back'. They told me to get a affidavit. I told the lady that my lost line was ed. That she should look into their database to confirm that I am the owner of the line. She insisted I should go and get affidavit. I walked out of their office and aborted the mission of retrieving the line.

What's the purpose of the registration, if you can't check the database to confirm the owner of the sim?

At least to avoid stampede

Dem never wash beans moimoi don dey smell!

Nigeria is a country where all federal ministries have an informal rivalry to ascertain which can make life most hellish for Nigerians.


One ministry will just wake up one day and decide that because it has been long its voice has been heard, it will formulate one yeye policy.



I was never perturbed about the two weeks ultimatum because I know the telecoms who have the most to lose will lobby the government with billions of naira to look the other way and let business go on as usual.




Wait for it, another ministry will shake the polity before year end to try and outdo the ministry of communication.

Confusion.

Hehehehehehehe

Why am I not surprised? Though I wasn't expecting the crowd to be this much. Most of these people must have raked and fumbled online that they weren't gonna go to any NIMC office for registration. Alas, the place was filled to the brim.

That's how they would go out to vote PDP/APC in 2023 after cursing politicians online.

But wait oo, I'm too relaxed for someone who doesn't have NIN. Nothing do me jare.

Nonsense policy

Useless govt

office that always has network and server issues and will not attend to more than 20people a day before now

What I don't understand is that after checking my sim card, I found out it has been linked to NIN even though I have never ed for NIN. Is something wrong somewhere?

An illiterate in power is more Dangerous than the Devil

PLEASE NA WEN DEM WAN BLOCK SIM CARDS OF PEOPLE LIKE US WEY NO GET NIN AND HAVE REFUSED TO WITH NIMC??

These telecom operators will lose a whole lot of subscribers if they should enforce this exercise.

Many people with simcards in Nigeria doesn't even have National ID card, not to talk of voters card, this government should consider the citizens for once. Besides the time frame they gave is short, I believe some students left theirs back in their various hostel in school.
Me wey never see money buy cloth and perhaps retire my only shoe from active service due to old age this Xmas will go back school and get my NIN? abeg I get many things to worry about my life.

The ministers not performing in PMB government are majorly from the North, like Isa Pantami.

The ministers and other appointees riddled with corruption and scandal in PMB government are majorly from the North.

Terrorist region in Africa is the North African.

The holy book the bible also said fear North.

The poorest Canadian provinces are the Northern provinces like Yukon, North-West territory and Nuvaut.

In Canada Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia poorest cities and towns are in the Northern part.

Trouble region in is the Northern region.

What is it with the North. Can any good thing come out from the North?

This type of shiat happens when those in authority act before thinking. Or when they lack capacity to think.

Pressure

Just look at how unorganised the whole process is? And will always be in this country.

Tomorrow, someone will come to Nairaland to open a thread on how Nigeria is better than Europe.


Summary:
We are always at war with ourselves first.

Confused istration...

The end is near

Sparogatively, I don't know why most Nigerians like to panic. As young as I am, I am already wise enough not to let panic attack kill me.
I am always shocked when I see elderly people whose death are seemingly closer, panicking.

What hurts me most is that these officials have no regard for age, putting the elderly through hardship and insults.

How I wish it was only my type of people that made up at least 190 million out of the 200 million Nigerians we have.

I for see whether those network providers no go form union begin dey protest for street against these clueless government themselves.

Nawa o

Naija which way