Nigeria’s NIMC to accelerate collection of e-ID cards

Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded its two-day 2nd International Vendors’ Summit, which was aimed at ensuring that citizens who have enrolled for their National Identification Number (NIN) get their National e-ID Cards on time, and draw a road map for the cards personalisation phase.

This was reported by The Nation Nigeria. The summit held at the NIMC Headquarters, Abuja, the nation’s capital, and had in attendance top executives of all NIMC Vendors’, partners and stakeholders; both local and international.

A statement by its General Manager, Corporate Communications, Abdulhamid Umar, explained that a major consideration of the summit was for the commission to interface with the vendors and further examine the inputs of each vendor in the NIMS project.

The interactive session was also a means to discuss strategies to ensure the swift distribution of the National e-ID Cards, and to fast-track the process for post issuance update for citizens who have already received their cards.

Also, a review of the applets in the phase ‘1’card issuance, its successes, challenges and the way forward, was also part of the agenda, even as NIMC prepares for the activation of eight other applets on the National e-ID Card.

“The key consideration for the second International Vendors’ Summit is to ensure that Nigerians are issued their cards on time. It is imperative to bring all stakeholders, who are involved in the National Identity e-ID Card project together to brainstorm on steps to make all the applets on the card user friendly,” the Acting General Manager, Information Technology/Identity Database (IT/IDD), Mr Chuks Onyepunuka, said while making his report.