Smartphones To Be Used For National ID Card Registration

Nigerians who may not have done
their enrollment for the National ID
card programme will soon be having
the opportunity to do so on their
Smartphones.
The National Identity Management
Commission (NIMC) announced that
it had concluded plans to provide
pre-enrollment services on
smartphones.
This is contained in a statement
signed by NIMC General Manager on
Corporate Communications
Abdulahamid Umar. According to
the statement, the step was taken to
ease the sign-up process for
Nigerians.
“This development will ensure that
citizens can start their enrollment
using their smart phones, a
development that would ensure that
in the next couple of months,
citizens, of all ages, would have
completed their demographic
enrollment before they proceed to
NIMC enrollment centres for their
biometric data capture to complete
their enrollment,” the statement
said.
It is believed that the initiative will
help to decongest the enrollment
centres and also ensure that citizens
enroll at their convenience before
the deadline.