Dyepkazah ShibayanIsa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says under his supervision, the Nigerian Identity Management Commission has been able to register nearly 90 million citizens for the national identification number .He said before NIMC was put under his ministry’s purview, it only had about 40 million citizens registered in its database, but it has been able to increase the number to about 90 million by enforcing the law.
“That underscores his commitment to national digital identity to ensure digital inclusion for all citizens. According to him, traditional rulers and other traditional institutions in “our country have key and critical roles to play in mediating, stimulating, mobilising and rallying our people, in the rural, semi-urban and even urban areas, to embrace enrolment to obtain their NIN”.
On his part, Aliyu Aziz, director-general of NIMC, said his organisation has grown under the supervision of Pantami.