The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz has said that the Commission does not authorise its staff to cross the country’s border and register non-Nigerians.
Engr Aziz was reacting to reports of the arrest, by the Nigerian Army, of two persons purportedly referred to as NIMC officials while carrying out enrolment of persons in Niger Republic.
The NIMC DG in a statement he personally signed, said neither NIMC officials nor staff of the NIMC licensed enrolment agents across the country are authorised, nor do they go from one country to another, let alone from Nigeria across the borders, to enrol Nigerians much less foreigners.
“So far, NIMC has a number of licensed diaspora enrolment agents in over 38 countries operating over 152 centres across the world strictly to enrol Nigerians in those countries.
“The list of the Diaspora enrolment licensed companies, which has been published over time in the media, can be found on the NIMC website at https://nimc.gov.ng/nimc-enrolment-centres/
“The public is by this information put on notice and advised that NIMC does not and will not authorise its staff or its agents to go across any borders to register non-Nigerians, as this is not part of our mandate.
“Fraudsters and impersonators should be pointed out for who they are: criminal elements and the cooperation of the public is required in assisting security agencies in their work of curbing these crimes in our society”, he said.
NIMC commended the Nigerian Army for fishing out and arresting the impersonators. NIMC also commended all other security agencies for their untiring efforts in collaborating with the Commission and other sister agencies in the efforts to rid the country of criminal elements.
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