NIMC: 104.16m Nigerians Now Have Identification Numbers

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has revealed that about 104.16 million Nigerians have received National Identification Numbers (NIN) as of December 31, 2023.

Giving a breakdown of the figure, the Commission disclosed that Lagos State maintained the top spot by recording the highest number of enrolments in the country with 11.42 million Nigerians captured in the State.

This was followed by Kano State, which recorded 9.19 million registered NINs. The two most populous states in Nigeria, according to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics have maintained the lead in NIN enrolment since the beginning of the exercise.

Other States that made the top ten in terms of the number of enrolments in a report released by NIMC included Kaduna with 6.45 million; Ogun with 4.40 million; Oyo with 4.04 million; Katsina with 3.54 million; FCT with 3.51 million; Rivers with 3.13 million; Delta 2.79 million and Bauchi with 2.76 million.

The NIMC data showed that the 10 states with the lowest NIN issued were Kwara with 1.77 million, Akwa-Ibom with 1.76 million, Kogi with 1.73 million, Enugu with 1.67 million, Yobe with 1.65 million, Taraba with 1.49 million, Cross River 1.19 million, Ekiti 1.02 million, Ebonyi 839,506, and Bayelsa 657,484.

Meanwhile, in a release authorised by the Deputy Director/Head of, the Human Capital Management Department, Mrs. Rhoda Jackden, the Commission reiterated that the agency has been saddled with the responsibility of issuing identification numbers.

While urging Nigerians to key into the NIN scheme, she also directed that every member of the agency unregistered should do the needful before the end of January 2024.

“Kindly recall that the NIMC ACT No 23 of 2007, clearly states that the NIMC has the mandate to establish, own, operate, maintain and manage the National Identity Database in Nigeria, register persons covered by the Act, assign a Unique National Identification Number (NIN) and issue General Multi-Purpose cards to those who are citizens of Nigeria as well as others legally residing within the Country.