2017 Trade fair: Identity commission partners ACCI to register 30,000 participants

THE National Identity Management Commission is partnering the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) to enroll about 30,000 participants at the ongoing  the 12th Abuja International Trade Fair, 2017.

The Trade Fair, with the theme:  ‘Returning Nigeria to the Path of Sufficiency through Non-Oil Exports’, which began on 21st September will last till  7th October, 2017.

NIMC Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Chika Lovesday, who made this known in Abuja, said with the deployment of the Enrolment kits at the fair, the enrolment exercise and issuance of the  National Identification Number (NIN) would be open and free for all exhibitors and visitors at the Trade Fair, including children.

This collaborative exercise he said, would also avail the Trade Fair participants the opportunity to be registered into the National Identity Database (NIDB) and be issued the NIN, which is a non-intelligent set of numbers assigned to an individual upon successful enrollment.

“As one of the biggest annual events in the capital city of Abuja, 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, among others  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,” he said.