The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced the successful upgrade of its Diaspora National Identity Number (NIN) enrolment portal.
This was revealed in a statement issued on Monday by the commission’s spokesperson, Kayode Adegoke.
According to NIMC, the enhancement will enable a smoother, more robust, secure, efficient, and effective NIN service for Nigerians living abroad.
“To ensure effective service delivery and smooth management of the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment in the Diaspora, the National Identity Management Commission has successfully upgraded its diaspora enrolment platform.
“The upgrade process, which was successfully completed, will, amongst many other benefits, provide a seamless, robust, more secure, efficient, and effective NIN service delivery to Nigerians in the Diaspora.
“Consequently, NIMC Diaspora Front-End Partners (FEPs) have been onboarded on the upgraded system with intensive training to equip the FEPs with the prerequisite knowledge on the application and effective management of the new system.
“While all the Diaspora FEPs are required to obtain and activate their NIN enrolment licences on the upgraded platform within the next forty-eight hours (48 hours), diaspora applicants can access enrolment services from the compliant FEPs.
“The Commission apologises for any inconvenience the platform upgrade process might have caused and has set up a dedicated service team to resolve all issues related to diaspora enrolment. Diaspora applicants experiencing issues with NIN enrolment should please reach the Commission.”
This comes as NIMC also reiterated that NIN enrolment is ongoing across all the centres in Nigeria.
“Applicants can locate the nearest enrolment centres on the NIMC website—www.nimc.gov.ng—and proceed for enrolment,” the statement partly reads.
NIMC added, “NIN Holders are equally enjoined to download the NIMC NINAuth App on either the iOS or Google Play Store to instantly verify their NINs, approve who sees their information, take total control of their data, and enjoy seamless verification and authentication services.”
