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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to extend National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment to Nigerians resident in Austria and Germany.
Director-General and Chief Executive Officer if NIMC, Aliyu A. Aziz disclosed this in Abuja yesterday.
He explained that the exercise will involve demographic and biometric data capture of Nigerians residing in Austria and Germany and will be done in collaboration with Biosec Solution Limited, one of the partners NIMC licensed to carry out enrolment worldwide.
Aziz also noted that the extension was to ensure that Nigerians living in the Diaspora were not disenfranchised in the enrollment process, as it was in line with NIMC’s mandate to populate the National Identity Database (NIDB) and issue the NIN to all Nigerians and legal residents.
Aziz stressed that the NIN was a mandatory requirement for many services like acquisition and renewal of International Passport, the opening of bank account, tax filing and business registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Nigeria, among others.
The commencement of the new centres begins today, August 21, 2019, in Austria, Vienna at the Nigerian Embassy and Permanent Mission, Renweg 25, P. O. Box 183, 1030 and on August 23, 2019, in Berlin, Germany, at the Nigeria Embassy, Germany Neue jakobstrasse4, 10179.
The NIMC licensed partners are, Biosec Solutions Limited; Slogani Consults Limited; CHAMS Consortium Limited; Defcon Systems Limited/OIS Services; National eAuthentication Limited/OIS Services and Thebez Global Resources/ Cox & Kings.
Others are Dantata Universal Services/VFS Global; Venn Technology Limited; Kevonne Consults Limited/Iris ID Systems INC.; UGS Technologies Limited/ OrangeHook African Continental/Carvus, File Solution Limited/EYE-ID LLC and IRIS Smart Technologies Limited.