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56m Nigerians now have NIN – NIMC

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Fifty-six million Nigerians have so far been registered and given National Identity Number (NIN) by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

Aziz Aliyu, the director-general of NIMC, disclosed this on Monday, at the batch 10 launching of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) projects for digital economy.

The event which held virtually was in line with the Digital Economy agenda 2020 to 2030 and President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda of transforming the economy and ensuring security.

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The projects launched were the National Policy on Virtual Engagements in the Federal Public Institutions, ECC Akure, Ondo State and Digital Economy Centre (DEC), Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State.

Others include were DEC, Delta State University, Abraka and DEC, Government Secondary School, Rigasa (Main), Kaduna State.

“As of today NIMC has been able to register 56 million Nigerians with their NIN. We register at least two million Nigerians monthly which is a good effort toward the digital economy agenda,’’ he said. NAN