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150million out of the 189million have successfully completed registration
The federal government has said Nigerians who fail to register for National Identification Number (NIN) risk 14-year jail term.
Communication minister Isa Pantami disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while addressing the press at the weekly presidential media briefing.
Pantami said planning for development and building critical sectors of the country will be a tall order without a reliable and accurate database.
“Based on the requirement by law, each and every citizen and legal resident must obtain his/her National Identification Number (NIN), which is being coordinated by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC),” the minister said. “It’s a requirement by law but many citizens ignore it.”
“No country will be successful in education, health, budget planning or national planning without a database of its citizens in place.
“What I inherited in the database was less than 20 per cent of our population. But we want to ensure that before we leave office we would look at the database and be proud of our country,’’ he added.
The minister also revealed that about 189 million subscribers of the Identification Module (SIM) had been registered in the country.
According to the minister, only 150million out of the 189million have successfully completed their registration while the remaining have problems of improper registration.
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