Federal Government of Nigeria Opens Mobile App To Aid NIN Registration for Citizens

With the aim of the government to ensure all Nigerians have the National Identity Number NIN, they have approved the development, release of improved slip and the introduction of a mobile app to make the registration process faster.

Just some hours before 2020 was over, Dr Femi Adeluyi who is a technical assistant in the Communication and Digital Economy made this known to the public.

He said this new development was part of the FG policy to help make the NIN and linking it to SIMs seamless. He further added that it align with the national digital economy policy for a better Nigeria.

He further clarified that the mobile application has been sent to Nigerian Communications Commission and the National Identity Management Commission.

Adeluyi clarified that “the N20 and N40 fees for NIN verification by individuals and mobile network operators, respectively, were also waived.”

“These efforts are aimed at supporting the policy to link subscribers’ NIN to their SIM, which was approved by the government earlier in the year and communicated to the NCC on February 4, 2020.

“The highly anticipated Web Service (MWS) application called the NIMC mobile app and the improved NIN slip are now available for public use,” the minister’s aide said.

The new improved NIN slip is pocket friendly and an easy to verify version, he said convincingly.

“It can be accessed via a self-service portal where people who already have been issued the NIN can log in, download a PDF of the document in color, if preferred, print and laminate as desired.

“The current NIN slip will remain valid and will be gradually phased-out,” he said.

He said that users could also download the improved NIN Slip at https://dashboard.nimc.gov.ng.

He said that the minister had directed NIMC to respond to enquiries and also provide multimedia guides to make it easy for users to obtain their improved NIN slips and install the application.