Yoruba

Igbese Bere Lori Iforukosile Fawon Omo Ile Nigeria To N Gbe Nilu New York

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Nibamu pelu ase ijoba apapo orileede yii, asoju agba fun ile Nigeria n’ilu New York foro number idanmo omo orileede ti soodi mimo pe, gbogbo eto lo ti to lati gunle fiforuko awon omo orileede yii tongbe nilu new york sile fun number idanmo omo ile yii, NIN.

Ogbeni Lot Egopija lo soro yii di mimo nibi ipade gbongan kan to waye nilu New York fawon omo ile Nigeria ton gbe nibe.

O salaye pe, ilese re to gbase latodo ile ise tonrisoro ile okere lati seto iforukosile fawon eeyan re bee lo ni konope tawon yoo fi pari gbogbo eto pelu ajo to nrisoro number idamo omo orilede yii NIMC.

Ogbeni Egopija so pe saaju lon to seleripe, nigbati oun to bo sori  ipo akoso losu die syin oun yoo maa sepade lemolemo pelu awon omo ile Nigeria ton gbe loke okun, keti won maa ba di sohun ton lo.

Folakemi Wojuade

Lifestyle

Nigerians Express Concerns over Strike by NIMC

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Nigerians have expressed worries over the nationwide strike embarked
upon by the staff of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC.

The notice of the industrial action was signed by the president of the
Association of Senior Civil Servant of Nigeria, NIMC branch, Mr Lucky
Michael and the secetary, Odia Victor over alleged inadequate funding
and exposure of the commission to covid-19.

Our correspondent Isaac Hasastrup, who was at the NIMC registration
centres in Ijesaland, Osun State reports that eligible Nigerians
expressed the satisfaction with the development.

His report

Lifestyle

See NIN registration as contribution to national planning – Oyo NOA Director

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Oyo State Director, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mrs Dolapo Dosunmu wants residents of the state to see the ongoing citizens registration to obtain the National Identity Number, NIN, as a way of contributing to national planning.

Mrs Dosunmu gave the charge when she paid an on the spot assessment visit to the state’s headquarters of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, New Garage, Ibadan.

The Oyo NOA director said from her assessment, the management of NIMC is making efforts to make the registration process seamless and reduce the stress that Nigerians have been going through to get the NIN.

She, therefore, enjoined market men and women who might be busy with the festive trade, to create a time to perform their civic responsibility in the ongoing National Identity Number Registration.

Mrs Dosunmu who maintained that government was serious about the new deadline set for the registration, enjoined all and sundry to do the needful before the expiration of the exercise.

It would be recalled that the Federal Government, on Monday, extended the synchronization of SIM cards with the National Identity Number, NIN, to January and February 2021 for different categories of subscribers.

Mosope Kehinde

Education News

Suspension of NIMC Registration for UTME Candidates

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Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in October announced that it would no longer register candidates who do not have the National Identity Number, NIN for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

That candidate sitting for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will need to register with their National Identity Number, NIN.

This follows the collaboration between the Board and the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, to harmonize data of UTME candidates to reduce cost of registration and check underage registration.

According to Jamb Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, the introduction of NIN to UTME was in line with the directive of the Federal government that NIMC should be the primary data collection center.

Professor Oloyede explained that this strategy would work against all forms of registration infractions, which is the foundation of examination malpractices.

Part of the measures to reduce examination malpractice by the board is that henceforth all school based centers will not be allowed to participate in next year’s jamb exams, but will be considered if the computer based centers belong to the secondary schools while the principal of the schools will be responsible as administrators of the CBT centers.

As a result of challenges faced by candidates in obtaining the NIN card, the House of Representatives in November asked Jamb to suspend the “no NIN, no JAMB” policy until 2021.

To this end, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Jamb, has suspended the use of the National Identification Number for registration for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

Registrar of Jamb, Professor Ishaq Oloyede said the move was to provide more time for candidates to get their National Identification Numbers and to address the technical challenges experienced at some centers.

Professor Oloyede asked candidates to disregard the use of NIN for the 2020 registration and strictly comply with other procedures for registration. He however said that jamb will consider the use of NIMC for 2021 exams.

According to the Jamb boss, plans are underway for the provision of a more advanced system that will be more efficient for the exercise.

Before the suspension, thousands of prospective jamb candidates besieged NIMC offices across the Federation to get the registration done.

All over the offices, candidates trooped in and lamented the stress they had to go through at NIMC offices with few computers and inadequate manpower.

It is important that necessary machineries are put in place to prevent the loss of time and energy in the process of enrolling for the exercise.

Government should also ensure that the National Identity Management Commission provides logistics for the smooth running of the exercise.

The country currently faces daunting security challenges and requires effort to tame the menace.

A major challenge is absence of reliable statistics of citizens.

Just like the Bank Verification Number, BVN which is pivotal in addressing financial fraud, NIN is pivotal to national security.

Although, Jamb has suspended the registration, it behooves all Nigerians to see the registration as a price to pay to live in a more secured technological driven society.

Titilayo Kupoliyi 

News Analysis

Examining NIMC’s Fees for National I.D. Cards

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National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, is a statutory Nigerian organization that operates the country’s management National Identity Systems.

Established by the NIMC act no. 23 of 2007, the agency has the mandate to establish, own, operate, maintain and manage the National Identity Database in the country.

Registered persons covered by the act are assigned a unique National Identification Number, NIN, and issued General Multi-Purpose Cards, GMPC, to those who are citizens of Nigeria, as well as others legally residing within the country.

According to the acting Director-General of NIMC, Hadiza Dagabana, since its establishment, only over thirty seven million Nigerians of the estimated two hundred million population are registered despite the awareness on the activities of the organization.

For instance, the number of registered people is less than half of the eighty-four million who registered for the 2019 general election despite the fact that unlike the voters registration, the NIMC registration is not restricted to people of eighteen years and above.

Recently, the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, announced that Nigerians seeking to replace their lost National ID cards or renew existing ones are to pay fees.

The NIMC stated that Nigerians who lost their ID cards would pay five thousand naira to replace them, while those whose cards expired would pay three thousand naira for renewal.

The requirements include a written application with attached proof of payment receipt made through Remita, bank teller and NIN slip to be submitted at the commission’s office.

Also, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, had made it mandatory for prospective candidates to collect NIMC’s card, which would place financial burden on parents.

However, Mrs. Dagabana said that the adoption of the National Identification Number, NIN, as a criterion for all examinations in the country will tackle malpractices such as impersonation.

She stressed that registration for NIN has already started at the primary school level of education across the country and should be encouraged to further enhance confidence in the nation’s examination system.

According to her, doing so will help to stop impersonation, adding that registration processes for NIN should become mandatory before enrolment for public examinations.

It is alleged that the commission is not well funded by the government, hence, the need to source funds for the making of the National Identity Cards.

Report says that the payment for renewal of NIMC cards is capable of robbing over one hundred million Nigerians of their right to possess their country’s ID card.

It is stating the obvious that many Nigerians will be denied the access to the NIMC card with the recent development.

Since the core mandate of the commission is to register as many citizens as possible, some stakeholders believe that the motive of its creation will be forfeited as many citizens will be prevented from registering.

In a country where there is no unified central database, having the NIN without the ID card itself might hamper citizens’ eligibility where the National ID card is required.

Even if Nigerians are to renew any other form of identification, the National ID card should never be subject to renewal, especially if failure to renew can hamper citizens in any way.

NIMC’s failure to establish a National Identity Database is appalling and unacceptable. NIMC is not and should not be a revenue generating federal agency, but must provide the National ID card to all citizens free of charge, therefore, these charges should be dropped.

Titilayo Kupoliyi