THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE SAID THE NATIONAL IDENTITY NUMBER IS MANDATORY FOR FOREIGN DIPLOMATS WHO WILL RESIDE IN NIGERIA FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF TWO YEARS OR MORE.
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL ECONOMY, DR ISA PANTAMI, SAID THIS IN A STATEMENT BY HIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, DR FEMI ADELUYI, ON SUNDAY ADDING THAT AN ENROLMENT CENTRE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AT THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
MEANWHILE THE MINISTER HAS ALSO APPROVED THE REACTIVATION OF 20 CENTRES TO MAKE THE PROCESS OF NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (NIN) EASIER EFFECTIVE FROM MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021 WHICH IS TODAY AS THE NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION (NIMC) ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF ITS HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA.
THE CLOSURE IS SAID TO BE DUE TO THE LARGE CROWD THAT HAD BESIEGED THE HEADQUARTERS IN VIOLATION OF COVID 19 PROTOCOLS FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIVE GIVEN TO TELCOS TO DISCONNECT THE SIM CARDS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT INTEGRATED THEIR NATIONAL IDENTITY NUMBERS WITH THEIR PHONE LINES BY THE END OF JANUARY.