Government opens 20 centres to register for NIN in FCT in a bid to decongest crowding at NIMC headquarters.
Spokesperson for National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke, said Government ordered management to shut the agency headquarters.
Nigerians decried the decision to lump thousands of persons into one venue, flouting Covid-19 protocols advised by health authorities.
Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Isa Pantami, ordered shut down of NIMC headquarters and opening of 20 alternative registration centres
A sizeable crowd of anxious citizens daily besiege the commission’s headquarters in search of new National Identity Numbers.
NIMC spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, announced the closure of the commission’s headquarters in a statement issued in Abuja.
Besides, the 20 additional centres makes NIN enrolment process much easier for applicants from tomorrow, 18 January 2021, he said.
FCT Registration Centres
The new centres bring to 35 the number of published centres to register for NIN in FCT as follows:
State Office | No. 3 Moputo Street, Zone 3 |
Abaji LGA | Local Government Secretariat (Council Chambers), Off Kogi-Agbaji Expressway, Abaji |
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Lugbe | AEDC Distribution Center, Lugbe Federal Housing Authority (FHA) |
AMAC LGA | Council Secretariat, Kabusa Junction, Apo Village |
Bwari LGA | Area Council Secretariat, Bwari |
Dakwa | Chief’s Palace, Dakwa |
Dei-Dei International Market | International Building Materials Market, near Diamond Bank, Dei-Dei |
Dutse ERC | Chief Palace, Dutse |
Faith Academy, Kubwa | Faith Academy School, Kubwa |
FCTA High Court | FCT High Court, Maitama |
Federal Road Safety Commission, Zone 7 | FRSC FCT Command, Zone 7, Wuse |
Federal Secretariat | Phase I, Ground Floor, SGF Hall, Ahmadu Bello Way |
Gwagwalada LGA | Old Federal Secretariat, After Atlas Hotel, Gwagwalada Abuja |
Gwarinpa FHA | Third Avenue By Police Station, Gwarinpa |
Independent National Electoral Commission HQ | INEC Headquarters, Maitama |
Jiwa | Chief’s Palace, Jiwa |
Karshi | Women Development Center Opposite Secretariat, Karshi |
Kuje LGA | Opposite Forest Pasali, along Kuje/Gwagwalada Road |
Kwali LGA | Area Council Secretariat, Abuja/Lokoja Expressway, Kwali |
Mambilla Barracks | Mambilla Barracks, Asokoro |
Ministry of Agriculture | Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Ahmadu Bello Way |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Federal Ministry Of Agriculture, Area 11, Garki |
Mogadishu Cantonment | Mogadishu Barracks, after A.Y.A, along Nyanya-Mararba Road |
National Assembly | Opposite Zenith Bank, National Assembly |
Nigeria Immigration Service | Nigeria Immigration Service Head Quarters ERC, Sauka, Airport Road Abuja |
Nigerian Custom Service (Karu) | Customs Workshop, beside Custom Clinic, Karu Site |
NIMC Headquarters | 11 Sokode Crescent, Off Dalaba Street, Zone 5, Wuse, Abuja |
NIMC Headquarters Annex | 11 Sokode Crescent, Off Dalaba Street, Zone 5, Wuse, Abuja |
NIMC Headquarters VIP | 11 Sokode Crescent, Off Dalaba Street, Zone 5, Wuse, Abuja |
NIPOST Kubwa | Opposite Kubwa General Hospital, Phase IV |
National Orientation Agency | NOA, Old Federal Secretariat, Area 1, Garki |
National Open University of Nigeria | Open University, Jabi, Off FMC Road |
NYSC Kubwa | NYSC Camp, Kubwa |
Public Service Institute (PSI), Kubwa Road | Public Service Institute Of Nigeria, Kubwa Road, Dutse |
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) | Office Of The Secretary To The Government Of The Federation (OSGF), Shehu Shagari Complex |
State Security Service (SSS) | Yellow House Headquarters SSS, Aso Villa |
Government ordered telecom companies to deactivate subscribers who fail to link their phone lines with valid NINs.
Subscribers with NINs were given until January 19 (two days from today) to link their NINs with their SIM cards
On the other hand, subscribers without NINs have until February 9 to secure and link their NINs with their phone numbers.
Government opens 20 centres to register for NIN in FCT in a bid to decongest dangerous human crowding at NIMC headquarters.
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