NIMC set to commence enrolment in Saudi Arabia, Germany, others

THE National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to extend the National Identification Number (NIN) registration to foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Senegal, Benin Republic, Mali and India.

This, according to the commission, follows the successful deployment of enrolment centres in South Africa, United States of America, United Kingdom, among others.

The enrolment exercise, the commission said, would be conducted in major cities  in the stated countries.

General Manager, Corporate Communications of NIMC, Mr. Abdulhamid Umar, who made this known in Abuja said this was strategic, so as to reach places where Nigerians are highly populated.

He said: “The rollout of additional enrolment centres in these cities is in collaboration with NIMC licensed partners— Dantata Universal Services Nigeria Limited/VFS Global, National e-Authentication/Defcon Systems and Slogani Consults Limited.

“In the Middle East, the commission has concluded plans to start the registration in Saudi Arabia’s two major cities— Jeddah and Riyadh and in Ghana, the exercise will take place in Accra, the country’s capital; Dakar in Senegal, Cotonou and Porto Novo in Benin Republic,” he said.

The commission also stated that the NIN enrolment centre in Germany, will be deployed in Berlin and Frankfurt, Vancouver in Canada, Leicester and London in the United Kingdom and Houston in the United States of America.

He quoted the Director-General of NIMC,  Aliyu Aziz,  as saying that the enrolment of Nigerians in the diaspora was in fulfillment of the NIMC mandate to enrol all Nigerians, legal residents and Nigerians in Diaspora into the National Identity Database (NIDB) and issue them the unique identification number, NIN.

“All licensees are companies that have complied with the requirements for data capture and processing as enshrined in the laws of the respective countries they operate.

“The licensed partners include Biosec Solutions Limited; Slogani Consults Limited; CHAMS Consortium Limited; Defcon Systems Limited/ OIS Services; National eAuthentication Limited/ OIS Services; Thebez Global Resources/ Cox & Kings; Dantata Universal Services/VFS Global; Venn Technology Limited; Kevonne Consults Limited/Iris ID Systems INC.; UGS Technologies Limited/ OrangeHook African Continental/ Carvus; File Solution Limited/ EYE-ID LLC and IRIS Smart Technologies Limited,” he said.