NIMC processes 20m data from BVN

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday received his national identity card after registration.

The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission,  Chris Onyemenam, had on August 25 led top officials of the commission to register the President and handed him a temporary identity card.

He was finally presented with the card at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Wednesday.

At the brief event where the President was handed his card, he was taken through the process of activating it. He raised a few questions on the process of activating the cards in rural areas as well as how long it takes from the day of registration for the commission to present Nigerians with their cards.

Onyemenam in an interview with journalists said he and his team demonstrated to the President how to use the national identification number  to confirm the identity of an individual even if the person is not present.

He said, “Basically, what we did was to activate the electronic identity and the security on it and subsequently, the payment solutions on the card.

“I explained to the President, that there are certain applications on the card and this activation that he has done cut across the entire activation.

“What is then left is for each agency, once they are using their own application to then customise it with their security on it and then control the use of that application.”

Onyemenam also said his commission had already processed close to 20 million data from the Bank Verification Number scheme.

“We have also collaborated with INEC, PENCOM, Nigeria Police, NCC, Road Safety, Immigration,” he added.

Elizabeth Archibong